Meaning of alloparenting | Babel Free

Definitions

Parental behaviour towards infants and young from non-parents.

uncountable

Examples

“Some alloparenting relationships among animals resemble adoption, although more resemble foster care or wet-nursing.”

“The behaviors associated with alloparenting are phenotypically similar to maternal and paternal care.”

“Characteristics of species in which alloparenting occurs include organization into small, close-knit, and cooperative groups and infants being born relatively helpless and dependent on care from adults.”

CEFR level