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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

  • Most ant colonies function as a single meta-organism, in which ants play the same role as cells do in ordinary organisms.

    appletree 2008

  • Most ant colonies function as a single meta-organism, in which ants play the same role as cells do in ordinary organisms.

    appletree 2008

  • 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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