superorganism
nounEtymology
From super- + organism.
- derived from organismus
- derived from *werǵ-✻
Definitions
A social colony of individuals who, through division of labour, effective communication…
A social colony of individuals who, through division of labour, effective communication and self-organization, form a highly connected community that functions as if it were a single organism.
- A superorganism is an ensemble of living and non-living matter, which acts as a single self-regulating system. […] Gaia is the largest and most complex superorganism we know.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for superorganism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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