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Word: Phoresy
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century: from French phorésie, from Greek phorēsis ‘being carried’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfɒrəsi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an association between two organisms in which one (e.g. a mite) travels on the body of another, without being a parasite.
Short Definition:association between two organisms in which one
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