Alloparenting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Alloparenting is a noun meaning (ethology) Parental behaviour towards infants and young from non-parents.
Meaning
(ethology) Parental behaviour towards infants and young from non-parents.
Example Sentences
The behaviors associated with alloparenting are phenotypically similar to maternal and paternal care.
Some alloparenting relationships among animals resemble adoption, although more resemble foster care or wet-nursing.
Characteristics of species in which alloparenting occurs include organization into small, close-knit, and cooperative groups and infants being born relatively helpless and dependent on care from adults.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include biparentality, adultomorphism, pedomorphosis, babyness, epiparasitism, parabiosis.
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