phoresy

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Etymology

From French phorésie, from Ancient Greek φόρησις (phórēsis, “wearing, garment”), from φορέω (phoréō, “I wear, I bear”) +‎ -σις (-sis, nominal suffix). See -phore.

Pronunciation

Noun

phoresy (plural phoresies)

  1. (zoology) An association between two organisms in which one (e.g. a mite) travels on the body of another, without being a parasite.

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