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Definition of Gregarious

Gregarious
Gregarious Gre*ga"ri*ous, a. [L. gregarius, fr. grex, gregis, herd; cf. Gr. ? to assemble, Skr. jar to approach. Cf. Congregate, Egregious.] Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone. --Burke. No birds of prey are gregarious. --Ray.

Meaning of Gregarious from wikipedia

- individuals in an animal po****tion tend to ****ociate in social groups (gregariousness) and form cooperative societies. Sociality is a survival response to...
- from a solitary, shorter-winged, highly fecund, non-migratory form to a gregarious, long-winged, and migratory phase in which they may travel long distances...
- become more abundant and change their behaviour and habits, becoming gregarious. No taxonomic distinction is made between locust and gr****hopper species;...
- the gregarious phase. As the density of the po****tion increases the locust transforms progressively from the solitary phase towards the gregarious phase...
- Plietesials are plants that grow for a number of years, flower gregariously (synchronously), set seed and then die. The length of the cycle can vary between...
- silent flight. Exceptions include the diurnal northern hawk-owl and the gregarious burrowing owl. Owls are divided into two families: the true (or typical)...
- mammoth–elephant hybrids. Because both species are [were] social and gregarious, creating a few specimens would not be ideal. The time and resources required...
- The sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius), referred to as the sociable plover in the UK, is a wader in the plover family. It is a fully migratory bird...
- Covert noted, "While the story feels haphazard, the movie gets by on gregarious charm, galloping energy and the stars' thermonuclear screen chemistry...
- and the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is a locally common, gregarious grazer. The description of the species by John Gould was published in...