xenobiosis

English

Etymology

From xeno- +‎ -biosis.

Noun

xenobiosis (uncountable)

1. (biology) A form of symbiosis where one species of ant lives with another and the two species raise their young separately.
   • 1904, Bulletin of the University of Texas: Scientific series:

     Although this explanation is readily suggested by the well-known cases of dulosis and xenobiosis in ants, we are, nevertheless, bound to reject it for the following reasons […]

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