English Explanatory Dictionary

pseudogyne

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An agamic or asexual female of certain insect species, such as plant-lice, that reproduce by parthenogenesis.
  2. An ant with the thorax of a female and the abdomen and size of a worker.

Word forms

pseudogyne pseudogynes

Etymology

From pseudo- + gyne. Piecewise doublet of pseudoqueen.

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