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supersisters

supersisters is the plural of supersister.

Meaning of supersister

Noun

supersister (plural supersisters)

  1. Any of a set of sisters of a haplodiploid species (e.g. honeybee, or any Hymenoptera) who are daughters of the same queen that was inseminated by a single male (drone). By contrast, full sisters of a diploid species (e.g. humans) share a genetic coefficient of relatedness of 0.5. Supersisters share 0.75 relatedness.

Questions about supersisters

What is supersisters the plural of?
Supersisters is the plural of supersister.

Words near supersisters in the dictionary

  1. supersinglets
  2. supersingular
  3. supersingular prime
  4. supersingular primes
  5. supersister
  6. supersisters
  7. supersite
  8. supersites
  9. supersize
  10. supersized
  11. supersizes

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