| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| trophallaxis |
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| SYLLABICATION: | troph·al·lax·is |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tr f  -l k s s, tr f- |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. troph·al·lax·es (-lks z)
Mutual exchange of food between adults and larvae of certain social insects such as bees or wasps. | | ETYMOLOGY: | troph(o)– + Greek allaxis, exchange (from allassein, to exchange, from allos, other; see al-1 in Appendix I).
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