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allogrooming

UK/ˈa.lə.ɡɹuː.mɪŋ/

allogrooming noun: the grooming of an animal by another member of the same species.

allogrooming: the grooming of an animal by another member of the same species
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Noun

allogrooming (uncountable)

  1. The grooming of an animal by another member of the same species.
    • We also utilize SNA to characterize the agonistic (fighting and chasing) as well as other social (sniffing and allogrooming) behavioral interactions of mice.2015 July 31, “A Social Network Approach Reveals Associations between Mouse Social Dominance and Brain Gene Expression”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Antonyms of allogrooming

Origin of allogrooming

From allo- + grooming.

Questions about allogrooming

What does allogrooming mean?
Allogrooming means the grooming of an animal by another member of the same species.
What part of speech is allogrooming?
Allogrooming is a noun.
How do you pronounce allogrooming?
Allogrooming is pronounced /ˈa.lə.ɡɹuː.mɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near allogrooming in the dictionary

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

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