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lestobiosis

lestobiosis noun: the habit of certain insects of living within the nests of another species in order to steal food from their stores.

Noun

lestobiosis (uncountable)

  1. The habit of certain insects of living within the nests of another species in order to steal food from their stores.

Questions about lestobiosis

What does lestobiosis mean?
Lestobiosis means the habit of certain insects of living within the nests of another species in order to steal food from their stores.
What part of speech is lestobiosis?
Lestobiosis is a noun.

Words near lestobiosis in the dictionary

  1. Lesters
  2. lestid
  3. lestids
  4. lestiwarite
  5. lestiwarites
  6. lestobiosis
  7. lestobiotic
  8. Leston
  9. Lestons
  10. Lestrigon
  11. Lestrigonian

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