acrodendrophily
English
Etymology
acro- (“tip”) + dendro- (“tree”) + -phily (“liking, tendency”). Coined by Garnham et al. in 1946.[1][2]
Noun
acrodendrophily (uncountable)
- (zoology, usually of mosquitos) The tendency of an animal to inhabit or frequent treetops.
Related terms
- acrodendrophile
- acrodendrophilic
References
- PCC Garnham, JO Harper, RB Highton (1946), “The mosquitos of the Kaimosi Forest, Kenya Colony, with special reference to yellow fever”, in Bulletin of entomological research, volume 36, issue 4, Cambridge University Press, DOI:, ISSN 1475-2670, page 487
- R. Killick-Kendrick (2012-12-02) Rodent Malaria, Elsevier, →ISBN, OCLC 1044728813, page 42: “Acrodendrophily is a term first used by Garnham et al. (1945) to describe the “tendency that is shown by certain sylvan mosquitos for haunting tree-tops”.”