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“founding”
found (verb), founds; founded; founding
1. To produce objects; such as, machine parts by melting metal or glass and pouring them into molds.
2. Etymology: "to mix, mingle," from Modern French fondre, "to pour out, to melt, to mix together"; from Old French fondre; from Latin fundere, "to melt, to cast, to pour out."
2. Etymology: "to mix, mingle," from Modern French fondre, "to pour out, to melt, to mix together"; from Old French fondre; from Latin fundere, "to melt, to cast, to pour out."
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The procedure during which ant queens, or royal pairs in the case of termites, seal themselves off in cells: During the course of claustral colony founding,the ant queens rear the first generation of workers on nutrients obtained mostly or entirely from their own storage tissues, including fat bodies and histolysed wing muscles (dissolution and absorption of tissue).
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The procedure during which the queen founds the colony by isolating herself in a chamber: During the process of partially claustral colony founding, the queen occasionally leaves to forage for part of her food supply.
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