noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

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

Antonyms

All antonyms

polygynyoligandry

Etymology

From oligo- + -gyny.

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