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oligogyny

oligogyny noun: the situation where an ant colony has multiple egg-laying queens, but they remain far apart from one another in the nest.

Noun

oligogyny (uncountable)

  1. The situation where an ant colony has multiple egg-laying queens, but they remain far apart from one another in the nest.

Antonyms of oligogyny

Origin of oligogyny

From oligo- + -gyny.

Questions about oligogyny

What does oligogyny mean?
Oligogyny means the situation where an ant colony has multiple egg-laying queens, but they remain far apart from one another in the nest.
What part of speech is oligogyny?
Oligogyny is a noun.

Words near oligogyny in the dictionary

  1. oligoguanine
  2. oligoguanines
  3. oligoguluronate
  4. oligoguluronates
  5. oligogynous
  6. oligogyny
  7. oligohaline
  8. oligoheteromeric
  9. oligohexamer
  10. oligohexameric
  11. oligohexamers

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