superorganism

[soo-per-awr-guhn-iz-uhm]

noun

1. Zoology.,  a tightly organized group of individual organisms, such as ants, that functions as a single organism through collective behavior.

Example Sentences

The ants are biological marvels, living in enormous colonies that function as a single superorganism.

From New York Times

While Russia’s current society is “vertical in their thinking, always looking feudally upward,” Ukrainians are “horizontal — a collective or superorganism.”

From Washington Post

“We identified a mechanism that unites the colony, binding ants across developmental stages—adults, larvae and pupae—into a coherent entity, the superorganism,” says co-author Orli Snir, a biologist at the Rockefeller University in New York City.

From Scientific American

The eight-member group Superorganism is on its second album of fun and sometimes frenetic pop music.

From Washington Post

On the 2022 album “World Wide Pop,” Superorganism doubles down on its delightful chaos.

From Washington Post