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hyperphoresy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The situation of one organism carrying another organism, which is itself carrying a third organism, due to phoresy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • 2011, L. T. Sabagh, R. J. P. Dias, C. W. Branco, C. F. D. Rocha, New records of phoresy and hyperphoresy among treefrogs, ostracods, and ciliates in bromeliad of Atlantic forest, in Biodivers. Conserv. 20, 1837–1841

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History

Etymology

From hyper- + phoresy.