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polygyne

polygyne adjective: describing a hive or colony (of a social insect) that has more than one active queen.

Adjective

polygyne (not comparable)

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

Origin of polygyne

From poly- + gyne.

Questions about polygyne

What does polygyne mean?
Polygyne means describing a hive or colony (of a social insect) that has more than one active queen.
What part of speech is polygyne?
Polygyne is an adjective.

Words near polygyne in the dictionary

  1. polygynadrous
  2. polygynandric
  3. polygynandrous
  4. polygynandrously
  5. polygynandry
  6. polygyne
  7. polygyneous
  8. polygynian
  9. polygynic
  10. polygynies
  11. polygynious

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