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TERRITORIALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The behavior of a male animal that defines and defends its territory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("territoriality" is a kind of...):
behavior; behaviour ((psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation)
Derivation:
territorial (displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders)