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superorganisms

superorganisms is the plural 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

Questions about superorganisms

What is superorganisms the plural of?
Superorganisms is the plural of superorganism.

Words near superorganisms in the dictionary

  1. superorganicism
  2. superorganicist
  3. superorganicists
  4. superorganism
  5. superorganismal
  6. superorganisms
  7. superorganizational
  8. superorganized
  9. superorgasm
  10. superorgasms
  11. superoscillating

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