English Explanatory Dictionary

Emery's rule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The rule that social parasites generally tend to be parasites of species or genera to which they are closely related.

Word forms

Emery's rule

Etymology

Named after entomologist Carlo Emery, who noticed it in insects in 1909.

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