单词 | allogrooming |
释义 | allogroomingn. Zoology. The grooming of one animal by another of the same species. Cf. allopreening n. ΚΠ 1962 in M. Moynihan Some Behavior Patterns Platyrrhine Monkeys (1964) 61 This Allogrooming is much more prolonged and violent than the Allogrooming immediately before the last copulation. 1989 Nature 30 Mar. 422/1 We never saw..acts of ritualized dominance such as occur among some Polistine wasps (for example, asymmetric antennation, allogrooming or trophallaxis). 2008 Guardian 5 Feb. (G2 section) 20/4 Cats also groom..kittens and other cats in certain social circumstances (allogrooming). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1962 |
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