super organism

See also: superorganism

English

Noun

super organism (plural super organisms)

  1. A group of distinct organisms working as a single entity; each individual member is incapable of rearing successful offspring without the collective work of the whole. Examples, beehives, termite colonies, and ant colonies.
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