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Noun: territoriality  ,te-ri,to-ree'a-li-tee
  1. Behaviour by which an organism claims and defends a territory
    "The wolf's territoriality was evident in its marking of the area"

Derived forms: territorialities

Type of: behavior [US], behaviour [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Territoriality