Etymology

polydomy

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Today it means: The situation where an ant colony is established across multiple nest sites. Full definition →

Ancient Greek δόμος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδόμος“house”
  2. English todaypolydomy

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδόμος all →

gymnodomousmonodomy

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