trophophoresy

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A form of trophobiosis in which one creature carries another creature to another location to farm it (harvest food from it, often after feeding it) there. uncountable
    — The mealybug-tending ant A. epedana is an obligate coccidiphile with trophophoretic queens. Trophophoresy is defined as the behavior of a foundress queen transporting a trophobiont on her mating flight for the establishment of a new mealybug "herd" in her new colony.

词源

From tropho- + phoresy. Coined by John S. LaPolla in 2002.
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