xenobiosis

noun

xeno·​biosis

¦zenəˌbī¦ōsə̇s

plural xenobioses

-ōˌsēz

: symbiosis in which members of two species of ants live together in the same nest but do not rear their young in common

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from xen- + -biosis

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