myrmecophilous love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Fond of ants: applied to insects which live in ant-hills, also to plants which are cross-fertilized or otherwise benefited by ants.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Biol.) Associated with, or benefitted by ants through sharing their nest.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective living symbiotically with ants

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