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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See the extract.
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Most ant colonies function as a single meta-organism, in which ants play the same role as cells do in ordinary organisms.
appletree 2008
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Most ant colonies function as a single meta-organism, in which ants play the same role as cells do in ordinary organisms.
appletree 2008
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Most ant colonies function as a single meta-organism, in which ants play the same role as cells do in ordinary organisms.
appletree 2008
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Given a reasonably wholistic understanding of biology, it’s is possible to argue that life on this planet exists as one large meta-organism, of which we are individual cells.
Politicians and Critics Sean 2008
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