copreservation

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noun

The joint preservation of two or more organisms.

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Meanings

nouncopreservation (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe joint preservation of two or more organisms.

    However, Phthiraptera are almost absent from the fossil record, a possible peculiarity of the difficulty of host-parasite copreservation, […]

    2020, Geoff Williams, The Invertebrate World of Australia's Subtropical Rainforests, page 129

Origin

From co- + preservation.

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APA

copreservation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copreservation

MLA

“copreservation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copreservation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “copreservation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copreservation.

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