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adj
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h1wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h1es-? Proto-Indo-European *h1su- Proto-Hellenic *ehu- Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs) Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)der. English eu- Proto-Indo-European *sekw- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *sokwéh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokwh2ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokwyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social English eusocial From eu- + social.
Across languages
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