单词 | claustral |
释义 | claus·tral (klôstrəl) adj. 1. Of or relating to a method of establishing a new colony, found in certain social insects, in which a queen (in ants) or a queen and king pair (in termites) sequesters itself in a small chamber and hatches the first generation of workers, nourishing them primarily on stored body fat. 2. Of or relating to a claustrum, especially of the brain. 3. Variant of cloistral. [Latin claustrum, bar, barrier, enclosed place; see CLOISTER + -AL.] |
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