oligolecty

发音

UK /ˌɒlɪɡə(ʊ)ˈlɛkti/
其它
UK /ɒˌlɪɡə(ʊ)-/
US /ˌɑləɡoʊˈlɛkti/
US /ˌoʊ-/
US /əˌlɪɡə-/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The preference of an insect pollinator (chiefly a bee) for pollinating only a few plant species.

    不可数 生物 动物学

词源

Probably from oligolectic + -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting conditions, qualities, or states). Oligolectic is derived from English oligo- (prefix meaning ‘few’) (from Ancient Greek ὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos, “few, little”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)leyg- (“indigent, poor; miserable”)) + Ancient Greek λεκτός (lektós, “chosen”) (from λέγω (légō, “to choose; to arrange; to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”)) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns), possibly modelled after eclectic.

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