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allogroom

allogroom verb: to perform allogrooming.

Verb

allogroom (third-person singular simple present allogrooms, present participle allogrooming, simple past and past participle allogroomed)

  1. To perform allogrooming.
    • We collected behavioral data using all-occurrences methods to record autogrooming and allogrooming, including the occurrence and duration(s) of the behavior and the identity of any squirrel being allogroomed.2008, Melissa A. Hillegass et al., “The influence of sex and sociality on parasite loads in an African ground squirrel”, in Behavioral Ecology, volume 19, number 5, →DOI, pages 1006–1011

Forms of allogroom

third-person singular presentallogrooms
present participleallogrooming
past participleallogroomed
pastallogroomed

Questions about allogroom

What does allogroom mean?
Allogroom means to perform allogrooming.
What part of speech is allogroom?
Allogroom is a verb.
What is the past tense of allogroom?
The past tense of allogroom is allogroomed.

Words near allogroom in the dictionary

  1. allographically
  2. allographs
  3. allography
  4. allogromiid
  5. allogromiids
  6. allogroom
  7. allogroomed
  8. allogrooming
  9. allogrooms
  10. allogroup
  11. allogroups

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