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statary

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Fixed; settled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Qualifier: obsolete outside biology

Examples

  • Eciton army ants have a bi-phasic lifestyle alternating between a nomadic phase and a statary phase. In the statary phase they remain in the same location every night.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Latin statarius (“standing fast”), from stare (“to stand”).