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noun
A phenomenon where a group of army ants, separated from the main foraging party, lose the pheromone track and begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle and eventually dying of exhaustion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: death spiral
Antonyms: none provided
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