Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trophophoresy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trophophoresy
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of trophobiosis in which one creature carries another creature to another location to farm it (harvest food from it, often after feeding it) there.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The mealybug-tending ant A. epedana is an obligate coccidiphile with trophophoretic queens. Trophophoresy is defined as the behavior of a foundress queen transporting a trophobiont on her mating flight for the establishment of a new mealybug "herd" in her new colony."
"Acropyga spp. ants show obligate trophophoresy with mealybugs, in which newly mated queens carry a mealybug with them when founding new colonies."
"All insect fungus gardeners propagate their primary fungi as clonal monocultures within their nests and mostly across generations too (trophophoresy from parent to offspring in the ants and the beetles)."

Etymology

From tropho- + phoresy. Coined by John S. LaPolla in 2002.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: tropho

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

trophophoretic

Questions

What does trophophoresy mean?: A form of trophobiosis in which one creature carries another creature to another location to farm it (harvest food from it, often after feeding it) there.
Where does trophophoresy come from?: From tropho- + phoresy. Coined by John S. LaPolla in 2002.

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