myrmecophile
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- myrmecophilous adjective
Example Sentences
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So why don’t more arthropods join the myrmecophile club?
From Scientific American
For most organisms, the path to becoming a myrmecophile must simply be too challenging, the ant fortress too impenetrable.
From Scientific American
The genus is a few paces behind clavigerines on the myrmecophile road, but you can see how it’s converging on the same body plan as Diartiger.
From Scientific American
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