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allocaretaker

allocaretaker noun: an animal that provides allocare to an infant.

Noun

allocaretaker (plural allocaretakers)

  1. An animal that provides allocare to an infant.
    • Direct support for the learning-to-mother hypothesis also comes from the recent observation that young female vervet monkeys who have had the opportunity to act as allocaretakers have higher survivorship of their own young than females who have not previously acted as allocaretakers (Fairbanks...2015, Sharon L. Gursky, The Spectral Tarsier, page 166

Forms of allocaretaker

pluralallocaretakers

Origin of allocaretaker

From allo- + caretaker.

Questions about allocaretaker

What does allocaretaker mean?
Allocaretaker means an animal that provides allocare to an infant.
What part of speech is allocaretaker?
Allocaretaker is a noun.
What is the plural of allocaretaker?
The plural of allocaretaker is allocaretakers.

Words near allocaretaker in the dictionary

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

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