Myrmecophilous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  myrmecophilous \myrmecophilous\ adj. (Biol.)
     Associated with, or benefitted by ants through sharing their
     nest.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Dependent \De*pend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr.
     dependere. See {Depend}, and cf. {Dependant}.]
     1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
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     2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not
        able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything,
        without the will, power, or aid of something else; not
        self-sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon;
        as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of
        {independent}. [Narrower terms: {interdependent,
        mutualist, mutually beneficial}; {parasitic, parasitical,
        leechlike, bloodsucking}; {subordinate}; {underage};
        {myrmecophilous}; {symbiotic}] Also See: {unfree}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              England, long dependent and degraded, was again a
              power of the first rank.              --Macaulay.
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     3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of
        {unconditional}.
  
     Syn: qualified.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. addicted to drugs.
  
     Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     {Dependent covenant} or {Dependent contract} (Law), one not
        binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.
  
     {Dependent variable} (Math.), a varying quantity whose
        changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by
        changes in another variable, which is called the
        {independent variable}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  myrmecophilous
       adj : living symbiotically with ants