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The behavior of a male animal that defines and defends its territory
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territoriality
Word definitions for territoriality in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"possession and control of territory," 1839, as a concept in international law, from territorial + -ity . From 1941 in reference to animal behavior.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Territoriality \Ter`ri*to`ri*al"i*ty\ n. (Zool.) a pattern of behavior characterized by the marking and defense of a home territory, exhibited by certain male animals.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The fact or legal status of being a territory. 2 (context zoology English) The pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory. 3 A pattern of human behaviour characterised by defence of a particular territory or area of interest. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the behavior of a male animal that defines and defends its territory
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Territoriality is a term associated with nonverbal communication that refers to how people use space to communicate ownership or occupancy of areas and possessions. The anthropological concept branches from the observations of animal ownership behaviors. ...
Usage examples of territoriality.
Seabirds cried possessive calls of territoriality, warning others of their kind to keep away from private nesting niches, chiseled in the steep bluffs overlooking Grange Head harbor.
At least the nuclear winter freed our race from that sort of territoriality.