obligate
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- adjective
- /ˈɑːblɪɡeɪt/
- Specialized
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obligado
- Cameras were placed on randomly selected obligate grassland bird nests and were evenly distributed among sites.
- obligate scavenger
- obligate intracellular
- obligate vertebrate
Being obligate carnivore means that what they're supposed to eat, they can eat, but what they're not supposed to eat will take them down.
- Being obligate carnivore means that what they're supposed to eat, they can eat, but what they're not supposed to eat will take them down.
Examples
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Certain species, like the koala, are obligate herbivores, relying exclusively on eucalyptus leaves for nourishment.
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Such changes in distribution could precede the development of an obligate symbiosis.
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Cats are obligate carnivores, which means that they require a diet high in meat and protein.
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The extent to which associations are obligate can vary also, even for partners in mutualism.
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An obligate migrant will continue moving and bypass breeding sites or food while on its trajectory.
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So cat urine is pungent in part because cats are obligate carnivores, which means they consume a lot of protein.
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The objectives of this study were to determine the nesting activity of obligate grassland bird species in relation to field vegetation and fire management in warm season CRP fields.
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Recent analyses have shown major declines in many North Atlantic obligate marine fishes (Christensen et al. 2003).
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Moreover, the frequent coevolution of plants with host-specific pollinators diminishes the probability that an obligate outcrossing species will ever reproduce in a new habitat.
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Paragobiodon xanthosomus is an obligate coral-dwelling goby (Gobiidae) that resides in just one type of host coral, Seriatopora hystrix.
Academic text (2013)
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A living thing like some bacteria that cannot live where there is oxygen
How Restricted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Obligate comes from the Latin parts ob- and ligare, where ligare means 'to bind'. Think of an obligate organism as 'bound' to one way of life, so it cannot survive anywhere else.