trophophoretic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

trophophoresy +‎ -etic or tropho- +‎ phoretic.

Adjective[edit]

trophophoretic (not comparable)

  1. (biology, entomology) Exhibiting trophophoresy.
    • 2006, Insect Systematics & Evolution, page 198:
      This latter form of trophobiosis has been termed trophophoresy (LaPolla et al. 2002). Only two ant genera are known to contain trophophoretic species: Acropyga (Formicinae), in which all 37 species are thought to be trophophoretic, and [...]
    • 2012, Eli M. Sarnat, Evan P. Economo, The Ants of Fiji, →ISBN, page 43:
      In the Solomons, A. lauta is reported as being trophophoretic (Johnson et al., 2001), and has been associated with the mealybugs Eumyrmoccus kolobangarae and E. kusiacus (LaPolla, 2004).
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