dulosis


du·lo·sis

D5433125 (do͞o-lō′sĭs, dyo͞o-)n. The behavioral syndrome whereby slave-making ants raid nests of other species of ants and carry off the pupae in order to provide workers for their own colony.
[Greek doulōsis, enslavement, from douloun, to enslave, from doulos, slave.]
du·lot′ic (-lŏt′ĭk) adj.

dulosis

(djuːˈləʊsɪs) n (Zoology) a practice of some ants, in which one species forces members of a different species to do the work of the colony. Also called: helotism [C20: from Greek: enslavement, from doulos slave] dulotic adj