allocare

English

Etymology

allo- +‎ care

Noun

allocare (uncountable)

1. Care given to an infant by an animal that is not the infant's parent.
   • 2012, John C. Mitani, The Evolution of Primate Societies, page 334:

     Older offspring can either provide allocare for siblings, which is in the mother's interest, or try to find a breeding position in another group, which may be even more costly to them than helping their mother (e.g., saddle-back tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis, Goldizen et al. 1996).

Derived terms

• allocaretaker

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin allocāre, present active infinitive of allocō, from ad +‎ locō.

Verb

allocare

1. (transitive) to allocate, to room

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) allocāre

1. inflection of allocō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative