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Trophallaxis logo #10101) Eating behavior
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Trophallaxis logo #21000 Trophallaxis s is the transfer of food or other fluids among members of a community through mouth-to-mouth (stomodeal) or anus-to-mouth (proctodeal) feeding. It is most highly developed in social insects such as ants, termites, wasps and bees. The word was introduced by the entomologist William Morton Wheeler in 1918. The behaviour was used in the...
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trophallaxis logo #22641mutual exchange of nutriment in symbiosis
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trophallaxis logo #21003(from the article `hymenopteran`) ...to another about the location, distance, quantity, and quality of a particular food source. These movements were carefully studied and described ...
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trophallaxis logo #21009trophallaxis The exchange of food substances among members of a colony of social insects; such as, ants, bees, and termites.
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trophallaxis logo #23920the passing of food from one member to another
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