plesiobiont
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editplesiobiont (plural plesiobionts)
- A social insect or species that lives in a plesiobiotic manner.
- 2013, O Kanizsai, G Lőrinczi, L Gallé, “Nesting associations without interdependence: a preliminary review on plesiobiosis in ants”, in Psyche: A Journal of Entomology:
- Plesiobionts differ from each other both in morphology and in behaviour (e.g., in their foraging strategies), and at least one of the plesiobiotic pair is a submissive species.