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myrmecophile

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/ ˌmɜːmɪˈkɒfɪləs, ˈmɜːmɪkəʊˌfaɪl /

noun

  1. an animal that lives in a colony of ants

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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 • Dec. 10, 2012

If you’re lucky enough to spend some time with a myrmecoid army ant myrmecophile, you’ll see it grooming the workers, procuring colony-specific odours that they rub over themselves.

From Scientific American • Dec. 10, 2012

For most organisms, the path to becoming a myrmecophile must simply be too challenging, the ant fortress too impenetrable.

From Scientific American • Dec. 10, 2012

So why don’t more arthropods join the myrmecophile club?

From Scientific American • Dec. 10, 2012

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