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trophallactic (adjective) (not comparable)
Regarding the exchange of food, like from glands, between social insects: The behavior of trophallactic nutrition concerns the glandular fluid which is common among ants, bees, and termites within a colony.
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tropho-, troph-, -trophy, -trophs, -trophically, -trophic, -trophous
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“trophallactic”
The use of liquid food offerings ("trophallaxis") to appease other, potentially hostile workers: The ants used the method of trophallactic appeasement to pacify possible adverse and resistant workers.
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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