CLEPTOBIOSIS


Meaning of CLEPTOBIOSIS in English

— cleptobiotic /klep'toh buy ot"ik/ , adj.

/klep'toh buy oh"sis/ , n. , pl. cleptobioses /-seez/ .

an ecological relationship in which members of one species, as of ants, steal food from another.

[ klépt ( ein ) to steal + -O- + -BIOSIS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .