Insect that has reportedly passed the "mirror test" of self-recognition Crossword Clue

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Insect that has reportedly passed the "mirror test" of self-recognition Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

Hint 2: Clue Definition

RECOGNITION (noun)
1. approval
2. the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering

Hint 3: Anagram

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17. Lament while dealing with "kids these days"

20. Fish in a negitoro roll

21. Where "music and passion were always the fashion," in a Barry Manilow hit

22. 1990s feminist movement rooted in punk rock

26. ___ Rae Jepsen ("Call Me Maybe" singer)

27. ___ be my pleasure!

28. Playroom pile

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31. Thai noodle dish

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37. Subtle acknowledgments

38. Disease for which China's Tu Youyou discovered a lifesaving treatment, earning her a Nobel Prize

42. "Knives Out" co-star ___ de Armas

43. Research institute where radio astronomy began

44. Compound in a joint

46. Polite term of address

48. Workout unit, for short

49. "Hang loose" sign

51. Where to find queens and kings

55. As, in chemistry

57. Literary character who hopes to get whale soon?

58. Physical copy, colloquially

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