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epizoochory

epizoochory noun: seed dispersal via transportation on the outside of vertebrate animals (mostly mammals).

Noun

epizoochory (uncountable)

  1. Seed dispersal via transportation on the outside of vertebrate animals (mostly mammals).

Origin of epizoochory

From epi- + zoochory.

Questions about epizoochory

What does epizoochory mean?
Epizoochory means seed dispersal via transportation on the outside of vertebrate animals (mostly mammals).
What part of speech is epizoochory?
Epizoochory is a noun.

Words near epizoochory in the dictionary

  1. epizoochore
  2. epizoochores
  3. epizoochoric
  4. epizoochorically
  5. epizoochorous
  6. epizoochory
  7. epizoodic
  8. epizoodics
  9. epizooic
  10. epizoological
  11. epizoology

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