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antiqueen

antiqueen adjective: inhibiting the development of normal bees into queen bees.

Adjective

antiqueen (not comparable)

  1. Inhibiting the development of normal bees into queen bees.
    • If the queen dies there is no longer any "antiqueen" pheromone released and one or more of the nymphs develop into queens.1977, Claude Alvin Villée, Biology
    • The composition of a bee society is controlled by an antiqueen pheromone secreted by the queen. It inhibits the workers from raising a new queen...1996, Eldra Pearl Solomon, Biology

Origin of antiqueen

From anti- + queen.

Questions about antiqueen

What does antiqueen mean?
Antiqueen means inhibiting the development of normal bees into queen bees.
What part of speech is antiqueen?
Antiqueen is an adjective.

Words near antiqueen in the dictionary

  1. antique stores
  2. antique white
  3. antique whites
  4. antiqued
  5. antiquedom
  6. antiqueen
  7. antiqueer
  8. antiquehood
  9. antiquely
  10. antiquencher
  11. antiquenchers

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