Phoresy Definition

fôrĭ-sē
noun
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.
American Heritage Medicine

A symbiotic relationship between two different organisms in which the larger (the host) transports the smaller (the guest)

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Origin of Phoresy

  • New Latin phorēsia from Greek phorēsis a carrying –phoresis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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