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Etymology

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From allo- +‎ grooming.

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Noun

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allogrooming (uncountable)

  1. (zoology) The grooming of an animal by another member of the same species. [from 20th c.]
    • 2015 July 31, “A Social Network Approach Reveals Associations between Mouse Social Dominance and Brain Gene Expression”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      We also utilize SNA to characterize the agonistic (fighting and chasing) as well as other social (sniffing and allogrooming) behavioral interactions of mice.

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