round dance

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round dance (plural round dances)

  1. (dance) A dance for couples with a whirling or revolving motion, such as the waltz or polka.
    Coordinate term: circle dance
  2. (beekeeping) A repetitive, circular movement done by a foraging honey bee in process of communicating to other workers that it has located a significant and nearby food source.
    Coordinate terms: tremble dance, waggle dance, sickle dance
    • 1924 February, John H. Lovell, “The Odor of Flowers as a Means of Communication Among Bees”, in The American Bee Journal‎, volume LXIV, number 2, Hamilton, page 76:
      The round dance is never performed on a comb on which there are none or only a few bees, but it always takes place in the midst of a dense throng.

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