myrmecoidy

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noun

The quality of being myrmecoid.

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Meanings

nounmyrmecoidy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being myrmecoid.

    Among the celebrated cases of myrmecoidy may be mentioned the Sudanese cricket Myrmecophana fallax, which is extremely ant-like, and the Indian wasp Rhinopsis ruficornis, which closely mimics Sima rufonigra.

    1913, William Morton Wheeler, Ants: Their Structure, Development and Behavior, page 422

Origin

From myrmecoid + -y.

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