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PRONUNCIATION OF DOMATIA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOMATIA

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Domatia is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DOMATIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Domatium

A domatium is a tiny chamber produced by plants that house arthropods. Domatia differ from galls in that they are produced by the plant rather than being induced by their inhabitants. Most domatia are either inhabited by mites or ants, in what can be a mutualist relationship, but other arthropods such as thrips may take advantage of the protection offered by this structure. Domatia occupied by ants are called myrmecodomatia. An important class of myrmecodomatia comprise large, hollow spines of certain acacias such as Acacia sphaerocephala, in which ants of the genera Pseudomyrmex and Tetraponera make their nests. Plants that provide myrmecodomatia are called myrmecophytes. The variety of the plants that provide myrmecodomatia, and the ranges of forms of such domatia are considerable. Some plants, such as Myrmecodia, grow large bulbous structures riddled with channels in which their ants may establish themselves, both for mutual protection and for the nutritive benefit of the ants' wastes. Domatia are often formed on the lower surface of leaves, at the juncture of the midrib and the veins.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOMATIA

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domain
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dome
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Domenichino
Domenico Veneziano
domesday
Domesday Book
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WORDS THAT END LIKE DOMATIA

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Croatia
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Dei gratia
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Galatia
himatia
Hypatia
Lusatia
pancratia
Sarmatia
solatia
spermatia

Synonyms and antonyms of domatia in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «domatia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOMATIA

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Translator English - Chinese

domatia
1,325 millions of speakers

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domatia
570 millions of speakers

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domatia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

domatia
380 millions of speakers
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domatia
280 millions of speakers

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Domatia
278 millions of speakers

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domatia
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220 millions of speakers

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Domatia
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domatia
180 millions of speakers

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domatia
130 millions of speakers

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85 millions of speakers

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Domatia
85 millions of speakers
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80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

domatia
75 millions of speakers

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75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Domatia
70 millions of speakers

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Domatia
65 millions of speakers

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50 millions of speakers

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Domatia
40 millions of speakers

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domatia
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

domatia
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

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14 millions of speakers
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domatia
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Trends of use of domatia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOMATIA»

The term «domatia» is normally little used and occupies the 125.805 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOMATIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about domatia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOMATIA»

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Crete. Ediz. Inglese
Some domatia owners charge extra for air- conditioning. This is only permissible if the total price is not higher than the advertised maximum (which should include air-con). Rip-offs do occasionally occur so, if you suspect you've been exploited ...
Victoria Kyriakopoulos, 2008
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Issues in Ecological Research and Application: 2011 Edition
These so-called acarodomatia are usually inhabited by predatory and fungivorous mites, which utilize domatia as shelter against adverse conditions or against other predators and cannibals,” scientists writing in the journal Basic and Applied ...
‎2012
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Greek Islands
Domatia Domatia (literally 'rooms') are the Greek equivalent of the British bed and breakfast, minus the breakfast. Once upon a time, domatia comprised little more than spare rooms in the family home that could be rented out to travellers in  ...
Michael Stamatios Clark, Chris Deliso, Des Hannigan, 2010
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Insect Ecology: Behavior, Populations and Communities
Although the most well-cited example is the hollowed out thorn of Acacia sp. described by Janzen (1966), other plants also produce domatia whose location and structure vary tremendously. These include swollen internodes, hollow stems or ...
Peter W. Price, Robert F. Denno, Micky D. Eubanks, 2011
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The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions
In this chapter we first describe the now-classic case of the Pseudo- myrmex- Acacia association, in which plants offer inquiline ants a whole array of resources (i.e., food bodies, extrafloral nectar, and domatia) in exchange for defense against ...
Victor Rico-Gray, Paulo S. Oliveira, 2007
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Lonely Planet Greece
Domatia (literally 'rooms') are the Greek equivalent of the British B&B, minus the breakfast. Once upon a time, domatia comprised little more than spare rooms in the family home that could be rented out to travellers in summer; nowadays, many ...
Lonely Planet, Korina Miller, Kate Armstrong, 2012
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How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa
The term domatium (plural domatia) is derived from the Greek word meaning ' little house'. It is applied to depressions (pits), pockets, sacks or distinct tufts of hairs in the axils between the principal side veins and the midrib on the lower surface ...
Braam Van Wyk, Piet Van Wyk, 2007
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What Good Are Bugs? Insects in the Web of Life
cies of epiphytes that provide domatia for ants. Most occur in open forests in rainy areas with infertile soil. The plants need the otherwise scarce nutrients provided by the ants, and the ants depend upon the domatia for housing, because these ...
Gilbert WALDBAUER, Gilbert Waldbauer, 2009
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Darwinian Agriculture: How Understanding Evolution Can ...
These shelters, known as domatia, are typically occupied by (and attract) mites that eat other, harmful mites that attack the plants. They also consume harmful fungi. These domatia are less elaborate than the hollow thorns that house ants ...
R. Ford Denison, 2012
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Ant Encounters: Interaction Networks and Colony Behavior
alliodora and Azteca in Mexico, ants are more likely to enter young domatia.7 We put caterpillars on leaves near young domatia and near old ones and found that the caterpillars near new domatia were attacked almost instantly. Overruling the ...
Deborah M. Gordon, 2010

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOMATIA»

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Plants Are Actually Kind of Evil
So they have evolved special structures that invite ants in to live, called domatia. These specialized structures are evolved to provide inviting homes for stinging ... «io9, Jul 14»
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Ants in my plants!
The ant-shelters they provide are called 'domatia' (pronounced ... sections of a branch swell up and become hollow to form domatia, and a ... «The Hindu, Jun 14»
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Ants Protect Acacia Plants Against Pathogens
The acacia also provides shelter, the so-called domatia, in the hollows of its swollen thorns. In return for room and board, mutualistic ... «Science 2.0, Mar 14»
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'Banker' plants help control pest
Researchers also thought the tiny domatia chambers provided shelter for breeding, increased fungal spores for alternative food, controlled their ... «Western Producer, Jan 13»
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Where, how and what do an ant and a pitcher plant exchange?
An unbelievable 42% of leaf nitrogen derived from the Camponotus ant mutualism, but this rose to 76% when more than 70% of the domatia ... «The Earth Times, May 12»
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Ants Ruin Plants' Sex Life
Inside hollow nodules in the branches called domatia, the ants both live and farm honeydew-producing scale insects for food. More growth ... «LiveScience.com, Jul 09»
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"Kalos Ilthes stee Kalymno" (Welcome Back to Kalymnos)
This hotel doesn't have a name; it is one of what is referred to generally as domatia (a word just meaning “rooms” in Greek), where a ... «RockClimbing.com, Nov 08»
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Casa per gli ospiti
Bisogna arrendersi e constatare che è vero: è stato sufficiente un colpo d'occhio per rispecchiarsi. Maggio 2008: quella terrazza, quella domatia, adesso è loro. «Corriere della Sera, Jul 08»
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Ants, not evil spirits, create poisonous devil's gardens in the Amazon …
To find out if worker ants attack only non-host plants, the scientists decided to mimic D. hirsuta's hollow stems, called domatia, which are the ... «Stanford Report, Sep 05»

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