myrmecochory etymology

English word myrmecochory comes from English -chory (Method of plant dispersal.), English myrmeco- (Of or pertaining to ants.)

Detailed word origin of myrmecochory

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-chory English (eng) Method of plant dispersal.
myrmeco- English (eng) Of or pertaining to ants.
myrmecochory English (eng) (biology) The dispersal of seeds, spores, or fruit by ants.

Words with the same origin as myrmecochory

Descendants of -chory
anemochory anthropochore autochorous autochory barochory hydrochory ornithochory zoochory
Descendants of myrmeco-
myrmecodomatium myrmecomorphy myrmecophagous myrmecophagy myrmecophile myrmecophobia