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/fəˈɹiː.si/ · noun
(zoology) An association between two organisms in which one (e.g. a mite) travels on the body of another, without being a parasite..
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Phoresy means (zoology) An association between two organisms in which one (e.g. a mite) travels on the body of another, without being a parasite..
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