Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (3)
1.
(of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species;
- Example: "gregarious bird species"2.
instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others;
- Example: "he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude"3.
(of plants) growing in groups that are close together;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gregarious \Gre*ga"ri*ous\, a. [L. gregarius, fr. grex, gregis,
herd; cf. Gr. ? to assemble, Skr. jar to approach. Cf.
Congregate, Egregious.]
Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to
flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living
alone. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
No birds of prey are gregarious. --Ray.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gregarious
adj 1: (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the
same species; "gregarious bird species" [ant:
ungregarious]
2: instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the
company of others; "he is a gregarious person who avoids
solitude"
3: (of plants) growing in groups that are close together [ant:
ungregarious]