TERRITORIALITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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)

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