eusocialadjective
/juːˈsəʊ.ʃəl//juːˈsoʊ.ʃəl/specializedliving in colonies (= groups) with one animal or group producing young and the others working to care for them:
We looked at the eusocial system in ants.
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- The eusocial insects are confined to two orders, the Isoptera (termites) and the Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants).
- Termites have evolved eusocial lifestyles.
- the eusocial organisations found, for example, among the social hymenoptera, termites and naked mole rats
- The study used demography data for the eusocial wasp Ropalidia fasciata.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal groupings
- bevy
- biomass
- brood
- colony
- covey
- drove
- family
- flight
- gaggle
- herd
- hive
- menagerie
- pack
- pair
- pod
- pride
- shoal
- skein
- stud
- team
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