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behavioral sink

behavioral sink noun: a collapse in behavior that can result from overpopulation.

Noun

behavioral sink (plural behavioral sinks)

  1. (ethology) A collapse in behavior that can result from overpopulation.

Forms of behavioral sink

pluralbehavioral sinks

Questions about behavioral sink

What does behavioral sink mean?
Behavioral sink means a collapse in behavior that can result from overpopulation.
What part of speech is behavioral sink?
Behavioral sink is a noun.
What is the plural of behavioral sink?
The plural of behavioral sink is behavioral sinks.

Words near behavioral sink in the dictionary

  1. behavioral pattern
  2. behavioral patterns
  3. behavioral psychologies
  4. behavioral psychology
  5. behavioral science
  6. behavioral sink
  7. behavioral sinks
  8. behavioral subtyping
  9. behavioralism
  10. behavioralisms
  11. behavioralist

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