quasisocial

quasisocial
adj. [L. quasi, as if; socius, companion]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Hymenoptera, females of the same generation forming a colony and cooperating in brood care.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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