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endozoochorous

endozoochorous adjective: relating to dispersal of seeds via ingestion by animals.

Adjective

endozoochorous (not comparable)

  1. Relating to dispersal of seeds via ingestion by animals
    • Consequently, anemochorous (seed dispersal by wind) and ectozoochorous (external transport of seeds by animals, in their fur for example) processes would be more likely to determine the patterns of species distribution than endozoochorous processes in the future ecosystems invaded by D.2015 November 19, “The Wide Potential Trophic Niche of the Asiatic Fruit Fly Drosophila suzukii : The Key of Its Invasion Success in Temperate Europe?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of endozoochorous

From endo- + zoochorous.

Words formed from endozoochorous

Questions about endozoochorous

What does endozoochorous mean?
Endozoochorous means relating to dispersal of seeds via ingestion by animals.
What part of speech is endozoochorous?
Endozoochorous is an adjective.

Words near endozoochorous in the dictionary

  1. endozepines
  2. endozoic
  3. endozoochoratic
  4. endozoochorial
  5. endozoochoric
  6. endozoochorous
  7. endozoochorously
  8. endozoochory
  9. endozoocory
  10. endozoonotic
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