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allocare

allocare noun: care given to an infant by an animal that is not the infant's parent.

Noun

allocare (uncountable)

  1. Care given to an infant by an animal that is not the infant's parent.
    • Older offspring can either provide allocare for siblings, which is in the mother's interest, or try to find a breeding position in another group, which may be even more costly to them than helping their mother (e.g., saddle-back tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis, Goldizen et al. 1996).2012, John C. Mitani, The Evolution of Primate Societies, page 334

Origin of allocare

From allo- + care.

Questions about allocare

What does allocare mean?
Allocare means care given to an infant by an animal that is not the infant's parent.
What part of speech is allocare?
Allocare is a noun.

Words near allocare in the dictionary

  1. Allobrogian
  2. alloc
  3. allocability
  4. allocable
  5. allocamelus
  6. allocare
  7. allocaretaker
  8. allocaretakers
  9. allocaretaking
  10. allocarpy
  11. allocatability

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