See Also: symphile(medicine)

ped-xing (iou) and symphile (medicine)


ped-xing (iou)



ped-xing noun. N. Amer. L20.
[Repr. an abbreviation of pedestrian crossing s.v. PEDESTRIAN noun, with x repr. the word 'cross': cf. X, X.]
(Abbreviation on N. American road signs for) a pedestrian crossing.

symphile (medicine)


symphile
<zoology> An insect, such as a rove beetle, that lives inside the nest of a colony of ants or termites and is protected and fed by the social insects, in return, the symphile produces secretions useful to the host insects.