ampelophagous

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Etymology[edit]

ampelo- +‎ -phagous

Adjective[edit]

ampelophagous (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Feeding on grapevines.
    • 2010, Phyllis G. Weintraub, Phytoplasmas: Genomes, Plant Hosts and Vectors, page 282:
      These two vectors have different lifestyles–the former strictly ampelophagous and the latter polyphagous, only occasionally feeding on grapevine – and dissimilar biological features, which may reflect diversely affiliated microbial communities.

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