phoresyArticle Free Pass phoresy, transportation of one organism
by another, more mobile one. The term is not applied to a
parasitic relationship, but minute parasites may use this means
of transport to colonize new hosts. For example, feather lice
accomplish phoresy by clinging to the body hairs of blood-
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