单词 | phoresy |
释义 | phoresyn. Zoology. An association between two organisms in which one is carried on the body of the other, without being a parasite. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > relationships of organisms > [noun] > other interrelationships syntrophy1897 satellitism1898 phoresy1911 fidelity1932 syntrophism1946 phoresis1951 amensalism1952 1911 Entomol. News 22 194 (heading) Cases of phoresie. 1914 Science 9 Jan. 70/1 Reuter's conception of parasitism is too narrow, because it includes only food parasitism and excludes phoresy..and brood parasitism. 1932 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 25 79 One wonders..if the mites exhibit no host preference but a marked phorecy? 1942 E. O. Essig College Entomol. xxxiv. 663 The remarkable phenomenon of phoresy occurs in the case of Rielia manticida Kieffer, the adult females of which attach themselves to the body of the praying mantid. 1988 Agric., Ecosystems & Environment 24 41 However, other mutualisms occur, such as apparent predation and phoresy. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xi. 319 Some false scorpions practise ‘phoresy’: hitching a lift on larger animals, which they grab with their pedipalps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1911 |
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