different between oligolectic vs polylectic

English

Etymology

From English oligo- (prefix meaning ‘few’) (from Ancient Greek ??????? (olígos, “few, little”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)leyg- (“indigent, poor; miserable”)) + Ancient Greek ?????? (lektós, “chosen”) (from ???? (lég?, “to choose; to arrange; to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *le?- (“to collect, gather”)) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns), possibly modelled after eclectic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l???(?)?l?kt?k/, /??l???(?)-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l??o??l?kt?k/, /?o?-/, /??l???-/
• Rhymes: -?kt?k
• Hyphenation: oli?go?lect?ic

Adjective

oligolectic (not comparable)

1. (entomology) Relating to, or characteristic of, oligolecty.

Derived terms

• oligolecty

Related terms

• oligolege

Translations

References

Further reading

• oligolecty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (polús, “a lot of, much”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *polh?ús (“many, much”), from the root *pleh?- (“to fill”)) + ?????? (légein), from ???? (lég?, “to arrange, choose, gather; to count, reckon”) (from Proto-Indo-European *le?- (“to gather”)) +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: po?ly?lect?ic
• Rhymes: -?kt?k

Adjective

polylectic (comparative more polylectic, superlative most polylectic)

1. (entomology) Of or relating to an insect (especially a bee) which collects pollen from the flowers of a variety of unrelated plants.
2. (grammar) Of or relating to a term consisting of more than one word.

Antonyms

• (biology): monolectic, oligolectic

Related terms

• polylecty
• polylege

Translations

See also

• (grammar): periphrastic

References

• (entomology): Edward M. Barrows (2001) Animal-behavior Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution, 2nd edition, Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, ?ISBN.
• “polylectic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.