Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for cleptobiosis. Search instead for cleptobiotic.

cleptobiosis

American  
[klep-toh-bahy-oh-sis] / ˌklɛp toʊ baɪˈoʊ sɪs /

noun

plural

cleptobioses

  1. an ecological relationship in which members of one species, as of ants, steal food from another.

Other Word Forms

  • cleptobiotic adjective

Etymology

Origin of cleptobiosis

< Greek klépt ( ein ) to steal + -o- + -biosis

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.