plesiobiotic

English

Etymology

From plesio- +‎ -biotic.

Adjective

plesiobiotic (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to plesiobiosis.
   • 1901, The American Naturalist - Volume 35, page 517:

     As restricted in the present paper, plesiobiotic, or double nests comprise only those cases in which two, or rarely more, colonies of ants of different species excavate their galleries in close contact with one another.

   • 2000, Edward O. Wilson, Sociobiology, →ISBN, page 356:

     Schooling fish probably mix in this fashion on occasion, an association analogous to the plesiobiotic nesting of social insects.

   • 2013, O Kanizsai, G Lőrinczi, L Gallé, “Nesting associations without interdependence: a preliminary review on plesiobiosis in ants”, in Psyche: A Journal of Entomology:

     Plesiobionts differ from each other both in morphology and in behaviour (e.g., in their foraging strategies), and at least one of the plesiobiotic pair is a submissive species.