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super organism

super organism is the alternative form of superorganism.

Meaning of superorganism

Noun

superorganism (plural superorganisms)

  1. A social colony of individuals who, through division of labour, effective communication and self-organization, form a highly connected community that functions as if it were a single organism.
    • A superorganism is an ensemble of living and non-living matter, which acts as a single self-regulating system. […] Gaia is the largest and most complex superorganism we know.1991, James Lovelock, Healing Gaia, New York: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 64

Forms of super organism

pluralsuper organisms

Questions about super organism

What is super organism the alternative form of?
Super organism is the alternative form of superorganism.

Words near super organism in the dictionary

  1. super moderator
  2. super moderators
  3. super moon
  4. super moons
  5. Super Orange
  6. super organism
  7. super organisms
  8. super outbreak
  9. super outbreaks
  10. super over
  11. super overs

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