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gamergates

gamergates is the plural of gamergate.

Meaning of gamergate

Noun

gamergate (plural gamergates)

  1. A worker insect that can become capable of reproducing when the queen has died.
    • Recent studies indicate that queenless societies can have either one or several gamergates per colony, which reveals that reproductive inhibition can occur despite the absence of the queen caste.1990, Christian Peeters, “Monogyny and Polygyny in Ponerine Ants Without Queens”, in Social Insects and the Environment: Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of IUSSI, 1990, Leiden...

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Questions about gamergates

What is gamergates the plural of?
Gamergates is the plural of gamergate.

Words near gamergates in the dictionary

  1. gamer words
  2. Gameren
  3. gamergate
  4. GamerGater
  5. GamerGaters
  6. gamergates
  7. Gamero
  8. Gameros
  9. gamers
  10. gamerscore
  11. gamerscores

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