epizoochory

Noun

Meaning

epizoochory (uncountable)

(ecology) Seed dispersal via transportation on the outside of vertebrate animals (mostly mammals).

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Related terms

epizoochorous

Examples

Ecology Seeds are dispersed by the wind in Carlina Epizoochory in Bidens tripartita Asteraceans are especially common in open and dry environments. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

epizoochoric epizoochorically epizoochorous epizoodic epizooic epizoological