allocare

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English

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Etymology

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From allo- +‎ care.

Noun

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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

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Italian

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Verb

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allocàre (first-person singular present allòco, first-person singular past historic allocài, past participle allocàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (archaic or regional) Alternative form of allogare

Conjugation

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Latin

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Verb

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allocāre

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