Allocaretaker
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An animal that provides allocare to an infant.
"Direct support for the learning-to-mother hypothesis also comes from the recent observation that young female vervet monkeys who have had the opportunity to act as allocaretakers have higher survivorship of their own young than females who have not previously acted as allocaretakers (Fairbanks 1993)."
Example
More examples"Direct support for the learning-to-mother hypothesis also comes from the recent observation that young female vervet monkeys who have had the opportunity to act as allocaretakers have higher survivorship of their own young than females who have not previously acted as allocaretakers (Fairbanks 1993)."
Etymology
From allo- + caretaker.
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