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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)A nest inhabited by two or more species of social insects, where broods of each species are kept separate; see mixed nest.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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nest — [OE] Etymologically, a nest is a place for ‘sitting down’. It is a very ancient word, and traces its history all the way back to Indo European *nizdo , a compound formed from *ni ‘down’ (source of English beneath and nether) and *sed (ancestor of … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
nest — [OE] Etymologically, a nest is a place for ‘sitting down’. It is a very ancient word, and traces its history all the way back to Indo European *nizdo , a compound formed from *ni ‘down’ (source of English beneath and nether) and *sed (ancestor of … Word origins
composite nest — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A nest inhabited by a communal colony; see compound nest … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
mixed nest — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A nest inhabited by two or more species of social insects with intermingling between adults and broods; see compound nest … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
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