See Also: lestobiosis(dictionary)

lestobiosis (iou)



lestobiosis noun. E20.
[from Greek lestes robber + -O- + Greek biosis way of life, after symbiosis etc.]
Zoology. A form of symbiosis found among certain social insects in which a small species inhabits the nest of a larger one and feeds on the food stored there, or on the brood of the larger species.
lestobiotic adjective exhibiting lestobiosis E20.