phoresy

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This ass-riding behavior, called phoresy, has been described in other dung beetles, but the Jacobs paper notes a new case and provides the first visual evidence in the form of stunning full-color photographs.

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  1. noun A symbiotic relationship, especially among arthropods and some fishes, in which one organism transports another organism of a different species.

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  • This ass-riding behavior, called phoresy, has been described in other dung beetles, but the Jacobs paper notes a new case and provides the first visual evidence in the form of stunning full-color photographs. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Here's your vocabulary word for the day: phoresy. —  Ugly Overload
 

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  1. New Latin phorēsia, from Greek phorēsis, a carrying; see -phoresis.
 

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