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trophallaxis

[ trof-uh-lak-sis, troh-fuh- ]

noun

plural trophallaxes
  1. (among social insects) the exchange of nutriments or other secretions between members of a colony.


trophallaxis

/ ËŒ³Ù°ùÉ’´Úəˈ±ôæ°ì²õɪ²õ /

noun

  1. the exchange of regurgitated food that occurs between adults and larvae in colonies of social insects
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ³Ù°ù´Ç±è³ó²¹±ôˈ±ô²¹³¦³Ù¾±³¦, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù°ù´Ç±è³ó·²¹±ô·±ô²¹³¦Â·³Ù¾±³¦ [trof-, uh, -, lak, -tik, troh-f, uh, -], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trophallaxis1

1915–20; troph- + Greek á±ô±ô²¹³æ¾±²õ exchange, equivalent to allak- (verbid stem of ²¹±ô±ôá²õ²õ±ð¾±²Ô to change; allo- ) + -sis -sis
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trophallaxis1

C19/20: from New Latin, from tropho- + Greek allaxis exchange, from allassein to change, from allos other
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Example Sentences

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Worker termites feed other castes digested food in a process called trophallaxis.

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The researchers trained the computer to identify a behavior called trophallaxis, in which honey bees feed their fellow workers by regurgitating food from a pouch called a crop.

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About half as much trophallaxis took place with sick bees compared with normal workers.

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Wheeler proposed that “trophallaxis†– a word he invented for the way insects regurgitate and share food among themselves – was the secret sauce, the superglue of societies both insect and human, and the foundation of economics.

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Simone Leigh’s fantastic “trophallaxis,†a hanging bundle of nut-shaped, slate gray terra-cotta breasts, bristling with fully extended car antennas, may be an exception.

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