claustral

claus·tral

 (klô′strəl)

adj.

1. Of or relating to a method of establishing a new colony, found in certain social insects, in which a queen (in ants) or a queen and king pair (in termites) sequesters itself in a small chamber and hatches the first generation of workers, nourishing them primarily on stored body fat.

2. Of or relating to a claustrum, especially of the brain.

3. Variant of cloistral.

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[Latin claustrum, bar, barrier, enclosed place; see cloister + -al.]

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claustral

(ˈklɔːstrəl)

adj

(Ecclesiastical Terms) a less common variant of cloistral

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claus•tral

(ˈklɔ strəl)

adj.

cloistral; cloisterlike.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin claustrālis=claustr(um) bolt, barrier (claud(ere) to close, shut + -trum instrumental suffix) + -ālis -al¹]

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