queenright
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]queenright (not comparable)
- (zoology, of colonies of bees, ants, etc.) Having a queen.
- 2012, Andrew Pullin, Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies:
- We have yet to identify every factor involved, but one variable is whether the nest contains a queen ant (queenright) or is queenless.