"vacuum activity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vacuum activities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vacuum activity (plural vacuum activities)
  1. An innate fixed action pattern of animal behavior that is performed in the absence of the usual releaser.
    Sense id: en-vacuum_activity-en-noun-UG9HT-bn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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