eusocial
/juˈsoʊʃəl/
adjective
- Describing a social structure in which a group of animals lives together with a division of labor, cooperative care of young, and overlapping generations, typically with one or a few individuals reproducing and others working.
- Naked mole rats are one of the few mammals that are eusocial, with a queen and worker castes.
- The eusocial structure of ants allows them to build complex underground nests.
- Honeybees are eusocial insects that live in large colonies with a single queen.