"social insect" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: social insects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} social insect (plural social insects)
  1. Any insect that shares shelter, defence and food, and reproduces cooperatively Categories (lifeform): Insects Translations (insects which live socially): yhteiskuntahyönteinen (Finnish), owad społeczny [masculine] (Polish), inseto social [masculine] (Portuguese), обще́ственное насеко́мое (obščéstvennoje nasekómoje) [neuter] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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