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TERRITORIALITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does territoriality mean?
• TERRITORIALITY (noun)
The noun TERRITORIALITY has 1 sense:
1. the behavior of a male animal that defines and defends its territory
Familiarity information: TERRITORIALITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The behavior of a male animal that defines and defends its territory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("territoriality" is a kind of...):
behavior; behaviour ((psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation)
Derivation:
territorial (displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders)
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