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Wealth, possessions, and property make a person prosperous or affluent. (1)
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Word a Day Revisited Index of Cartoons Illustrating the Meanings of Words
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(a collective term for all organic substances of relatively recent, non-geological, origin which can be used for energy production)
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A secretion presented by a social parasite that induces the host insects to accept the parasite as a member of their ant colony: An adoption substance is a discharge that is emitted from an insect to incite an ant community to accept it as a part of the group.
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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A secretion presented by a social parasite: The appeasement substance lowers aggression in the host insect and aids the parasite's acceptance by the host colony.
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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queen substances
Originally, the set of pheromones by which the queen continuously attracts and controls the reproductive activities of the workers.
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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