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
Cybervisionaries saw in the superorganism an ideal way of describing the networked global brain that they were just beginning to imagine.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2021
This term was coined by William Wheeler in 1911, though the idea dates back to Darwin, who saw the superorganism as a solution to the “problem” of eusociality.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2018
"It's a beautiful little life machine and like a superorganism," Chisholm says.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 9, 2017
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