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Emery's rule
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Emery's rule
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Named after entomologist Carlo Emery, who noticed it in insects in 1909.
Proper noun
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Emery
's
rule
The rule that
social
parasites
generally tend to be parasites of
species
or
genera
to which they are closely related.