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Meaning of "myrmecophily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MYRMECOPHILY

myrmecophily  [ˌmɜːmɪˈkɒfɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MYRMECOPHILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Myrmecophily is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MYRMECOPHILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

myrmecophily

Myrmecophily

Myrmecophily is the term applied to positive interspecies associations between ants and a variety of other organisms such as plants, arthropods, and fungi. Myrmecophily refers to mutualistic associations with ants, though in its more general use the term may also refer to commensal or even parasitic interactions. The term myrmecophile, is used mainly for animals that associate with ants. There are an estimated 10,000 species of ants, with a higher diversity in the tropics. In most terrestrial ecosystems ants are ecologically and numerically dominant, being the main invertebrate predators. As a result, ants play a key role in controlling arthropod richness, abundance, and community structure. There is evidence that the evolution of myrmecophilous interactions has contributed to the abundance and ecological success of ants, by ensuring a dependable and energy-rich food supply and thus providing a competitive advantage for ants over other invertebrate predators. Most myrmecophilous associations are opportunistic, unspecialized, and facultative, though obligate mutualisms have also been observed for many species.

Definition of myrmecophily in the English dictionary

The definition of myrmecophily in the dictionary is symbiosis with ants. Other definition of myrmecophily is pollination of plants by ants.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MYRMECOPHILY


acarophily
ˌækəˈrɒfɪlɪ
anemophily
ˌænɪˈmɒfɪlɪ
anisophylly
ˌænaɪˈsɒfɪlɪ
arctophily
ɑːkˈtɒfɪlɪ
bibliophily
ˌbɪblɪˈɒfɪlɪ
cartophily
kɑːˈtɒfɪlɪ
entomophily
ˌɛntəˈmɒfɪlɪ
halophily
hæˈlɒfɪlɪ
hydrophily
haɪˈdrɒfɪlɪ
malacophily
ˌmæləˈkɒfɪlɪ
monophyly
məˈnɒfɪlɪ
myophily
maɪˈɒfɪlɪ
ornithophily
ˌɔːnɪˈθɒfɪlɪ
photophily
fəʊˈtɒfɪlɪ
psychophily
saɪˈkɒfɪlɪ
sclerophylly
sklɪərˈɒfɪlɪ
scripophily
skrɪˈpɒfɪlɪ
timbrophily
tɪmˈbrɒfɪlɪ
toxophily
tɒkˈsɒfɪlɪ
xerophily
zɪəˈrɒfɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MYRMECOPHILY

myristic
myristicivorous
myrmecochory
myrmecoid
myrmecologic
myrmecological
myrmecologist
myrmecology
myrmecophagous
myrmecophile
myrmecophilous
Myrmidon
myrmidonian
myrobalan
Myron
myrrh
myrrhine
myrrhol
myrtaceous
myrtle

WORDS THAT END LIKE MYRMECOPHILY

gushily
healthily
lengthily
maximaphily
notaphily
oenophily
patchily
pithily
praiseworthily
raunchily
sketchily
stealthily
symphily
techily
toothily
touchily
trashily
unhealthily
unworthily
worthily

Synonyms and antonyms of myrmecophily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «myrmecophily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MYRMECOPHILY

Find out the translation of myrmecophily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of myrmecophily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «myrmecophily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

myrmecophily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mirmecofilia
570 millions of speakers

English

myrmecophily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

myrmecophily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

myrmecophily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

myrmecophily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mirmecofilia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

myrmecophily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

myrmécophilie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Myrmecophily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Myrmecophilie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

myrmecophily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

myrmecophily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Myrmecophily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

myrmecophily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

myrmecophily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मायराकोफिली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

myrmecophily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Myrmecophily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

myrmecophily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

myrmecophily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

myrmecophily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

myrmecophily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

myrmecophily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

myrmecophily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

myrmecophily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of myrmecophily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MYRMECOPHILY»

The term «myrmecophily» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.918 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MYRMECOPHILY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MYRMECOPHILY»

Discover the use of myrmecophily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to myrmecophily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tropical Rainforest Research — Current Issues
Nevertheless, specific myrmecophily systems have repeatedly evolved in certain taxonomic subgroups. In the subfamily Miletinae there is increasing evidence that specific ant-associations are an important facet of their life-history patterns, and ...
D.S. Edwards, W.E. Booth, S.C. Choy, 1996
2
Interrelationship Between Insects and Plants
Extrafloral nectaries are generally abundant and attract many insects belonging to many orders. The old stems lose pith, but species of Clerodendrum with caulinar swellings are really adapted to myrmecophily (Clerodendrum formicarum, ...
Pierre Jolivet, 1998
3
Myrmecophily
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
4
Phylogeny and Evolution of Myrmecophily in Beetles, Based on ...
Abstract: Ant-associated behavior has evolved rampantly among various groups of Arthropoda, and has arisen in at least 34 families of beetles.
Glené Mynhardt, 2012
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Mutualism: Ants and their Insect Partners
that myrmecophily is the main cause of speciation events. Myrmecophily is present in all taxa, with lycaenids showing more conservatism at the species level than homopterans, where species within the same genus have developed quite ...
Bernhard Stadler, Anthony F. G. Dixon, 2008
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Pollination Biology: Biodiversity Conservation and ...
Pollination. (Myrmecophily). More than 15,000 species of the Formicidae are known in the World. Although these insects are commonly anthophilous, many behavioural and general morphological characteristics preclude them from effectively ...
D. P. Abrol, 2011
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Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight
Table 18.2 Inferred numbers of evolutionary events for three hypotheses for the evolution of ant association when myrmecophily is mapped onto the phylogeny in figure 18.2 Gains Losses Total Hypothesis I 1 7-9a 8-10a Hypothesis II 2 4-6a ...
Carol L. Boggs, Ward B. Watt, Paul R. Ehrlich, 2003
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Issues in Biological, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Sciences ...
Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of Vienna, “Accordingly, it was postulated that evolution towards myrmecophily in Lycaenidae is correlated with the utilization of nitrogen-rich host plants. Although our ...
‎2013
9
Molecular Evolution and Adaptive Radiation
Absorptive trichomes Thick ground-tissue layer . Pungent leaf tips Myrmecophily Carnivory Epiphytism Saxicoly Figure 8.13. Tank habit as a key innovation in Brocchinia, showing entrainment of several co-adapted morphological traits and the ...
Thomas J. Givnish, Kenneth Jay Sytsma, 2000
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Population, Phylogenetic, and Coalescent Analyses of ...
Ancestral character reconstructions indicate a second, separate origin of myrmecophily within the Lycaeninae (see Results & Discussion). Lycaena heteronea is also associated with ants (Ballmer & Pratt 1991), but is not closely related to L.
Jeffrey Catlin Oliver, 2007

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MYRMECOPHILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term myrmecophily is used in the context of the following news items.
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Aristotle's Answer: Why Some Mushrooms Glow
... Myrmecophily: Beetle Trapped In Amber For 52 Million Years And Social Parasitism · Single Class Of Queen Pheromones Stops Worker ... «Science 2.0, Apr 15»
2
Food for thought: Butterflies give meals to babysitting ants
In fact. the term Myrmecophily, which literally means "ant-love", has been coined to describe positive interspecies interactions between ants ... «Times of India, Feb 15»
3
52-million-year-old Beetle Fossil is Oldest Known Practitioner of …
The fossil, encased in a piece of amber from India, is the oldest-known example of this kind of social parasitism, known as “myrmecophily. «Entomology Today, Oct 14»
4
52 Million Years Old, and an Ant's Worst Enemy
The fossil was encased in a piece of amber from India and is the oldest known example of a kind of social parasitism known as myrmecophily. «New York Times, Oct 14»
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Myrmecophily: Beetle Trapped In Amber For 52 Million Years And …
The fossil, encased in a piece of amber from India, is the oldest-known example of this kind of social parasitism, known as "myrmecophily. «Science 2.0, Oct 14»
6
Insects eat up more urban trash than rats do—and they're dying out
Savage has devoted her life to myrmecophily, which is an extraordinary word for the interaction between animals and ants, typically denoting ... «Quartz, Aug 14»
7
What We Don't Know About What's Going on With Bugs Should …
Savage has devoted her life to myrmecophily, which is an extraordinary word for the interaction between animals and ants, typically denoting ... «CityLab, Aug 14»
8
The jumper, the weaver and the spitting spider
Myrmecophily means "liking ants," common in those creatures who like to snuggle into the giant nests of common species such as Formica rufa, ... «The Earth Times, Mar 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Myrmecophily [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/myrmecophily>. Apr 2024 ».
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