eusocial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals whose genetic endowment they share.

Word forms

eusocial

Etymology

From eu- + social.

Derived words

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