trophophoretic

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adjective

Exhibiting trophophoresy.

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Meanings

adjectivetrophophoretic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyExhibiting trophophoresy.

    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).

    2012, Eli M. Sarnat, Evan P. Economo, The Ants of Fiji, →ISBN, page 43
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    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 [...]

    2006, Insect Systematics & Evolution, page 198

Origin

From trophophoresy + -etic or tropho- + phoretic.

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