myrmecophile

myr·me·co·phile  (mûrm-k-fl)

n.

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

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myrme·cophi·lous (-kf-ls) adj.

myrme·cophi·ly (-kf-l) n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

myrmecophile - an organism such as an insect that habitually shares the nest of a species of ant organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently