superorganism
Americannoun
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At the scale of the colony, ants function as a "superorganism," where different members take on roles essential for group survival.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2025
The ants are biological marvels, living in enormous colonies that function as a single superorganism.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2023
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: Two closely related species hybridize and create a superorganism whose growth and expansion seems unstoppable.
From Science Magazine • May 31, 2022
“The answers were all in the phalanx, the superorganism, the group unit.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2020
E. O. Wilson, though an early evangelist for Hamilton’s theory, has recently argued for a return to the superorganism as a solution to Darwin’s problem.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2018
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