xenobiosis en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos)der. English xeno- English -biosis English xenobiosis From xeno- + -biosis.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A form of symbiosis where one species of ant lives with another and the two species raise their young separately.
Although this explanation is readily suggested by the well-known cases of dulosis and xenobiosis in ants, we are, nevertheless, bound to reject it for the following reasons […]
1904, Bulletin of the University of Texas: Scientific series: