colacobiosis

[kol-uh-koh-bahy-oh-sis]

col·a·co·bi·o·sis

[kol-uh-koh-bahy-oh-sis]
noun, plural col·a·co·bi·o·ses [-seez] .
(among social insects) life in which one species lives as a parasite in the community of another species.

Origin:
< Greek kolak- (stem of kólax) parasite + -o- + -biosis

col·a·co·bi·ot·ic [kol-uh-koh-bahy-ot-ik] , adjective
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