English Dictionary

superorganism

名詞

(biology) 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.

日本語の意味

生物学において、個々の個体が労働分担、効果的なコミュニケーション、自己組織化を通じて、あたかも一つの生物のように機能する高度に連携された社会的集合体を指す。

Debate among scientists centered on whether the ant colony should be considered a superorganism, since its members divide labor, communicate effectively, and self-organize to act as a unified whole.

科学者たちは、そのアリのコロニーが役割分担や効果的なコミュニケーション、自己組織化によってまるで一つの生物のように機能する社会性コロニーに分類されるべきかどうかを議論した。

意味（1）

(biology) 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.

superorganisms （ plural ）