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phoresy


phor·e·sy

P0256450 (fôr′ĭ-sē)n. An association between two species in which one transports the other, for example when a mite attaches to a beetle and is carried to a new food source.
[New Latin phorēsia, from Greek phorēsis, a carrying; see -phoresis.]
pho·ret′ic (fə-rĕt′ĭk) adj.

phoresy

(ˈfɒrəsɪ) n (Zoology) an association in which one animal clings to another to ensure movement from place to place, as some mites use some insects[C20: from New Latin phoresia, from Greek phorēsis, from pherein to carry]

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Phoresy

A relationship between two different species of organisms in which the larger, or host, organism transports a smaller organism, the guest. It is regarded as a type of commensalism in which the relationship is limited to transportation of the guest.

phoresy

[′fȯr·ə·sē] (ecology) A relationship between two different species of organisms in which the larger, or host, organism transports a smaller organism, the guest.

phoresy


pho·re·sis

(fō-rē'sis), Do not confuse this word with pheresis.1. Synonym(s): electrophoresis2. A biologic association in which one organism is transported by another, as in the attachment of the eggs of Dermatobia hominis, a human and cattle botfly, to the legs of a mosquito, which transports them to the human, cattle, or other host in which the botfly larvae can develop. Synonym(s): epizoic commensalism, phoresy [G. phorēsis, a being borne]

phoresy

(fôr′ĭ-sē)n. An association between two species in which one transports the other, for example when a mite attaches to a beetle and is carried to a new food source.
pho·ret′ic (fə-rĕt′ĭk) adj.
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