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monogyne

monogyne adjective: describing a hive or colony (of a social insect) that has only one active queen.

Adjective

monogyne (not comparable)

  1. Describing a hive or colony (of a social insect) that has only one active queen

Origin of monogyne

From mono- + gyne.

Questions about monogyne

What does monogyne mean?
Monogyne means describing a hive or colony (of a social insect) that has only one active queen.
What part of speech is monogyne?
Monogyne is an adjective.

Words near monogyne in the dictionary

  1. monograptide
  2. monograptides
  3. monograptids
  4. monogreen
  5. monoguttulate
  6. monogyne
  7. monogynian
  8. monogynic
  9. monogynies
  10. monogynist
  11. monogynists

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