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English
Etymology
From ampelo- + -phagous.
Adjective
ampelophagous (not comparable)
- (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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