Phoresy Definition
fôrĭ-sē
noun
An association between two species in which one transports the other, for example when a mite attaches to a beetle and is carried to a new food source.
American Heritage Medicine
A symbiotic relationship between two different organisms in which the larger (the host) transports the smaller (the guest)
Wiktionary
Origin of Phoresy
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New Latin phorēsia from Greek phorēsis a carrying –phoresis
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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