allogrooming

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UK/ˈa.lə.ɡɹuː.mɪŋ/

noun

The grooming of an animal by another member of the same species.

Opposite
autogrooming
First used 20th c.Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nounallogrooming (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe grooming of an animal by another member of the same species.First known use 20th c.

    We also utilize SNA to characterize the agonistic (fighting and chasing) as well as other social (sniffing and allogrooming) behavioral interactions of mice.

    2015 July 31, “A Social Network Approach Reveals Associations between Mouse Social Dominance and Brain Gene Expression”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
autogrooming

Origin

From allo- + grooming.

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Chicago

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