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plesiobioses

plesiobioses is the plural of plesiobiosis.

Meaning of plesiobiosis

Noun

plesiobiosis (countable and uncountable, plural plesiobioses)

  1. A close nesting association between two or more colonies of social insects with little actual interaction.
    • This trophic parasitism is thought to have arisen from plesiobiosis, the habitual nesting of two species in very close proximity.1995, R.T. Carde, William J. Bell, Chemical Ecology of Insects 2, →ISBN, page 395

Questions about plesiobioses

What is plesiobioses the plural of?
Plesiobioses is the plural of plesiobiosis.

Words near plesiobioses in the dictionary

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

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