Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to that merely physical arrangement or grouping of organisms which is prerequisite to social life.
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- adjective Having a very limited
social structure
Etymologies
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From sub- + social
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Examples
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The species that Yap studied is a "subsocial" one, meaning that it hasn't reached the same social state as ants, bees and termites, with their large colonies and castes of workers.
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