myrmecophile

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An organism, such as a beetle, that habitually lives in the nest of an ant colony.

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An animal or plant which lives in symbiotic or intimate relations with ants. The majority of myrmecophiles are arthropods, especially beetles.

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An organism such as an insect that habitually shares the nest of a species of ant.

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An organism, especially an insect, that lives in close association with or shares a nest with a species of ant.

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an organism such as an insect that habitually shares the nest of a species of ant