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allocaretaker

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An animal that provides allocare to an infant.

Examples

“Direct⟳ support⟳ for the learning-to-mother hypothesis also comes from the recent observation that young female vervet monkeys who have⟳ had the opportunity to act as allocaretakers have⟳ higher survivorship of their own⟳ young than females who have⟳ not previously acted as allocaretakers (Fairbanks 1993).”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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