dulosis
Meanings
noun
- The process by which parasitic ants steal pupae from the nests of other ants and raise them in their own nest, so that they become a contributing part of the colony.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δοῦλος (doûlos, “servant, slave, thrall”) + -osis.
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