SOCIAL INSECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does social insect mean? 

• SOCIAL INSECT (noun)
  The noun SOCIAL INSECT has 1 sense:

1. an insect that lives in a colony with other insects of the same species

  Familiarity information: SOCIAL INSECT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOCIAL INSECT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An insect that lives in a colony with other insects of the same species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("social insect" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)