EUSOCIAL


Meaning of EUSOCIAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌyü-ˈsō-shəl ]

adjective

Date: 1966

: living in a cooperative group in which usually one female and several males are reproductively active and the nonbreeding individuals care for the young or protect and provide for the group

eusocial termites, ants, and naked mole rats

• eu·so·ci·al·i·ty -ˌsō-shē-ˈa-lə-tē noun

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