Polydomy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The situation where an ant colony is established across multiple nest sites. uncountable

    "Thus polydomy ensues when an entire colony breaks up into several nesting aggregations."

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"Thus polydomy ensues when an entire colony breaks up into several nesting aggregations."

Etymology

From poly- + Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos, “house”) + -y.

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