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oligogyny en · NOUN

Etymology

From oligo- + -gyny.

Meanings

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

Antonyms

oligandry (antonym(s) of “with respect to gender”)

Hypernyms

polygyny

Relateds

oligogynous