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anthro-
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-philic
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anthrophilic
(
comparative
more
anthrophilic
,
superlative
most
anthrophilic
)
(
biology
)
Thriving in the presence of
humans
.
2005
, David K. Yeates, Brian M. Wiegmann,
The Evolutionary Biology of Flies
, page
372
:
Domestication and the evolution of
anthrophilic
traits in houseflies and some drosophilids have allowed certain species to attain cosmopolitan status.
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