CLEPTOBIOSIS


Meaning of CLEPTOBIOSIS in English

|kleptō+ noun

( plural cleptobioses )

Etymology: New Latin, from clepto- (from Greek klepto- theft, from kleptein to steal) + -biosis

: a mutual relation in which members of one species (as of ants) habitually steal food from another — see lestobiosis

• clep·to·biotic “+ adjective

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