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n. [L. multus, many; colonia, colony](ARTHROPODA: Insecta)Population of social insects divided into independent colonies or nests.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
unicolonial — adj. [L. unus, one; colere, to dwell] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A population of social insects not recognizing nest boundaries; multicolonial … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology