compound animal

noun

A group of individual animals that form a distinct, individual colony.

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Meanings

nouncompound animal (plural compound animals)

plural compound animals

  1. biologyA group of individual animals that form a distinct, individual colony.
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compound animal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compound%20animal

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