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plesiobiont

plesiobiont noun: a social insect or species that lives in a plesiobiotic manner.

Noun

plesiobiont (plural plesiobionts)

  1. A social insect or species that lives in a plesiobiotic manner.
    • Plesiobionts differ from each other both in morphology and in behaviour (e.g., in their foraging strategies), and at least one of the plesiobiotic pair is a submissive species.2013, O Kanizsai, G Lőrinczi, L Gallé, “Nesting associations without interdependence: a preliminary review on plesiobiosis in ants”, in Psyche: A Journal of Entomology

Forms of plesiobiont

pluralplesiobionts

Origin of plesiobiont

From plesio- + -biont.

Questions about plesiobiont

What does plesiobiont mean?
Plesiobiont means a social insect or species that lives in a plesiobiotic manner.
What part of speech is plesiobiont?
Plesiobiont is a noun.
What is the plural of plesiobiont?
The plural of plesiobiont is plesiobionts.

Words near plesiobiont in the dictionary

  1. plesiadapiforms
  2. plesiadapoid
  3. plesiadapoids
  4. plesimorphic
  5. plesio-
  6. plesiobiont
  7. plesiobionts
  8. plesiobioses
  9. plesiobiosis
  10. plesiobiotic
  11. plesiochelyid

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