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copreservation

copreservation noun: the joint preservation of two or more organisms.

Noun

copreservation (uncountable)

  1. The joint preservation of two or more organisms.
    • However, Phthiraptera are almost absent from the fossil record, a possible peculiarity of the difficulty of host-parasite copreservation, […]2020, Geoff Williams, The Invertebrate World of Australia's Subtropical Rainforests, page 129

Origin of copreservation

From co- + preservation.

Questions about copreservation

What does copreservation mean?
Copreservation means the joint preservation of two or more organisms.
What part of speech is copreservation?
Copreservation is a noun.

Words near copreservation in the dictionary

  1. copresented
  2. copresenter
  3. copresenters
  4. copresenting
  5. copresents
  6. copreservation
  7. copresheaf
  8. copresheaves
  9. copresident
  10. copresidents
  11. coprevalence

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