territoriality
noun/ˌterəˌtɔːriˈæləti/
/ˌterəˌtɔːriˈæləti/
[uncountable]- the desire in animals, birds, etc, to guard and defend an area of land that they believe to be their own
- the instinctive territoriality of some animals
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