barochore
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]barochore (plural barochores)
- An organism that spreads by weight, as by the weight of a nut that falls from a tree and is not eaten by animals.
- 2012, A. Teller, Responses of Forest Ecosystems to Environmental Changes, page 437:
- Most of these species are myrmecochores, auto- and barochores (short distance dispersors).