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trophallaxis
1. The mutual exchange of food between insects, especially between adults and larvae in social insects.
2. The exchange of alimentary liquid among colony members and guest organisms, either mutually or unilaterally.

In stomodeal trophallaxis the material originates from the mouth; in proctodeal trophallaxis it originates from the anus.

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stomodeal trophallaxis
The exchange of liquid food mouth-to-mouth.

The food is either regurgitated from the crop (the first segment of the gastral gut) or released from glands in the head or thorax.

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