polydomy
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polydomy (uncountable)
- (entomology) The situation where an ant colony is established across multiple nest sites.
- 1987, Jörg Eder, Chemistry and biology of social insects, page 35:
- Thus polydomy ensues when an entire colony breaks up into several nesting aggregations.
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