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myrmecophiles

myrmecophiles is the plural of myrmecophile.

Meaning of myrmecophile

Noun

myrmecophile (plural myrmecophiles)

  1. An organism, especially an insect, that lives in close association with or shares a nest with a species of ant.
    • Ants are integral components of terrestrial ecosystems, owing to their manifold interactions with other organisms. They serve as seed dispersers for plants (myrmecochory), mutualists with sap-sucking insects (trophobionts), and hosts for a wide range of associate organisms (myrmecophiles) and act...2022 September 19, Schultheiss et al., “The abundance, biomass, and distribution of ants on Earth”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, page 1, column 1

Questions about myrmecophiles

What is myrmecophiles the plural of?
Myrmecophiles is the plural of myrmecophile.

Words near myrmecophiles in the dictionary

  1. myrmecophagid
  2. myrmecophagids
  3. myrmecophagous
  4. myrmecophagy
  5. myrmecophile
  6. myrmecophiles
  7. myrmecophilic
  8. myrmecophilism
  9. myrmecophilous
  10. myrmecophily
  11. myrmecophitic

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