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trophobiont
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trophobiont
(noun; Greek diminutive
trophe
, food;
bios
, life;
ont
, one who): (
Arthropoda
:
Insecta
) An
organism
living in a social
species
nest
, or cared for and protected by a social
species
in return for secretions which are then consumed
See also:
mutualism
.
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