gregaric

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English

Adjective

gregaric (comparative more gregaric, superlative most gregaric)

  1. (botany) Of or pertaining to a grex.
    • 2004 March 1, Z. Fric, M. Konvicka, J. Zrzavy, “Red & black or black & white? Phylogeny of the Araschnia butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and evolution of seasonal polyphenism”, in Journal of Evolutionary Biology, volume 17, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 265–278:
      Within the Araschnia-clade, larval gregaric habits, host plants, and the conspicuously reddish