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plesiobiotic

plesiobiotic adjective: pertaining to plesiobiosis.

Adjective

plesiobiotic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to plesiobiosis.
    • As restricted in the present paper, plesiobiotic, or double nests comprise only those cases in which two, or rarely more, colonies of ants of different species excavate their galleries in close contact with one another.1901, The American Naturalist - Volume 35, page 517
    • Schooling fish probably mix in this fashion on occasion, an association analogous to the plesiobiotic nesting of social insects.2000, Edward O. Wilson, Sociobiology, →ISBN, page 356

Origin of plesiobiotic

From plesio- + -biotic.

Questions about plesiobiotic

What does plesiobiotic mean?
Plesiobiotic means pertaining to plesiobiosis.
What part of speech is plesiobiotic?
Plesiobiotic is an adjective.

Words near plesiobiotic in the dictionary

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

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