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plesiobionts

plesiobionts is the plural of plesiobiont.

Meaning of plesiobiont

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

Questions about plesiobionts

What is plesiobionts the plural of?
Plesiobionts is the plural of plesiobiont.

Words near plesiobionts in the dictionary

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

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