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intranidal en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English nidal English intranidal From intra- + nidal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Within a nidus
  2. (not-comparable) Within a nest
    • Variation in caste ratio is associated with additional variation in mating behavior (mating flights vs. intranidal mating, i.e., mating in the nest) and the pattern of brood production [12 ]. 2015 July 30, “Multiple Convergent Origins of Workerlessness and Inbreeding in the Socially Parasitic Ant Genus Myrmoxenus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: