TROPHOBIOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trophobiosis mean? 

• TROPHOBIOSIS (noun)
  The noun TROPHOBIOSIS has 1 sense:

1. a symbiotic relation in which one organism protects the other in return for some kind of food product

  Familiarity information: TROPHOBIOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROPHOBIOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A symbiotic relation in which one organism protects the other in return for some kind of food product

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("trophobiosis" is a kind of...):

mutualism; symbiosis (the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other)