superorganism
English
noun
Definitions
- (biology) A social colony of individuals who, through division of labour, effective communication and self-organization, form a highly connected community that functions as if it were a single organism.
Etymology
Prefix from English organism.
Origin
English
organism
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bioorganism English
- epiorganism English
- macroorganism English
- metaorganism English
- microorganism English
- multiorganism English
- nonorganism English
- organism English
- organismal English
- organismic English
- paleo-organism English
- protoorganism English
- supraorganism English
- organismi Finnish
- ὄργανον Ancient Greek