related term, allogrooming, indicates social grooming between members of the same species. Grooming is a major social activity and a means by which animals...

as personal grooming, a form of hygiene. Extracting foreign objects such as insects, leaves, dirt, twigs and parasites is a form of grooming. Among animals...

description of the process of child grooming to a 1979 book written by Nicholas Groth, and the first printed use of the word grooming to a 1984 article by Jon Conte...

up groom, groomer, or grooming in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A groom (short for bridegroom) is a male participant in a wedding ceremony. Groom or...

'a cheap and ultra-efficient form of grooming'—vocal grooming. To keep allies happy, one now needs only to 'groom' them with low-cost vocal sounds, servicing...

grooming behaviors, much of which is spent grooming others, rather than themselves. In more social species the amount of time spent in self grooming is...

highly social nature, primates must maintain personal contact with the other members of their social group, usually through social grooming. Such social groups...

and mares. Grooming establishes social rank and eases aggressive behaviour, although Grévy's zebras generally do not perform social grooming. Among plains...

wrists to thermoregulate Social grooming lions Wolves licking to indicate social status A domestic cat licking its paw during grooming A tiger "licking" the...

sexuality as "groomers". In 2021, LoTT made false claims that the Trevor Project was a "grooming organization" and that Chasten Buttigieg was "grooming kids"...