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delta females

delta females is the plural of delta female.

Meaning of delta female

Noun

delta female (plural delta females)

  1. A relatively low-status woman in the sociosexual hierarchy, (ranking below alpha, beta, and gamma females, but above omega females).
    • If a DSM “lets herself go”—the phrase is one of the most horrible in the Delta female's lexicon—Mother will regard it as a reflection on herself.2009, Gayden Metcalfe, Some Day You'll Thank Me for This
  2. A female animal that ranks fourth in the social hierarchy.
    • The alpha female moves through the tree and sits next to the delta female; she reaches for her infant, but the delta female turns her back.1968 June, Frank E. Poirier, “The Nilgiri langur (Presbytis johnii) mother-infant dyad”, in Primates, volume 9

Questions about delta females

What is delta females the plural of?
Delta females is the plural of delta female.

Words near delta females in the dictionary

  1. delta connection
  2. delta connections
  3. Delta County
  4. delta decay
  5. delta female
  6. delta females
  7. Delta Force
  8. delta glider
  9. delta gliders
  10. delta hinge
  11. delta hinges

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