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Noun: trophobiosis
  1. A symbiotic relation in which one organism protects the other in return for some kind of food product
    "Ants and aphids engage in trophobiosis, with ants protecting aphids in exchange for honeydew"

Type of: mutualism, symbiosis

Encyclopedia: Trophobiosis