Noun: polydomy
Sample Sentences
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Thus polydomy ensues when an entire colony breaks up into several nesting aggregations. [1987, Jörg Eder, Chemistry and biology of social insects, page 35:]
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The outpost phenomenon probably accounts for many cases of polydomy, defined as the dispersal of the colony into multiple nest sites. [1990, Bert Hölldobler, The Ants, page 390:]
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Although this uncertainty exists, the lack of absolute male bias confirms that seasonal polydomy is not a major influence on the population sex ratio. [1995, Andrew F. G. Bourke, Social Evolution in Ants, page 187:]
Nouns inflected like polydomy
greyware,
chronotropy,
urgrund,
cytosorting,
homekeeping,
pedobaiting,
winterdress,
JLNS,
rumpology,
hopkinsiaxanthin,
enchylemma,
further education,
hexobendine,
humdrumminess,
unobligingness,
backscroll,
telocinobufagin,
dosulepin,
mensuralism,
crème de framboise, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From poly- + Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos, “house”) + -y. See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
δόμος'.