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queen
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[ noun ] (zoology) the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)I must add at_once that these animals are what we call `` queens '' , young females that have mated in the previous summer or autumn . Even some of the queens will die before the winter is over , falling prey to enemies or disease . The staminate willow catkins , then , provide their visitors with both nectar and pollen ; a marvelous arrangement , for it provides exactly what the bee queens need to make their beebread , a combination of honey and pollen with which the young of all species are fed . If we manage to keep track of a Bombus queen after she has left her feeding place , we may discover the snug little hideout which she has fixed_up for herself when she woke_up from her winter sleep . As befits a queen , a bumblebee female is rather choosy and may spend considerable time searching for a suitable nesting_place . |
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[ noun ] (politics) a female sovereign ruler
Synonyms Used in print (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)Bertha_Szold was more like Meg , the eldest March girl , who `` learned that a woman 's happiest kingdom is home , her highest honor the art of ruling it , not as a queen , but a wise wife and mother '' . |
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[ noun ] the wife or widow of a king
Used in print (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)Seeing him in that condition , and about to enter the hall where the King , the Queen , the whole royal_family and all the members of the highest aristocracy would be present , Grimm and the Abbe_Raynal and_others tried to stop him . |
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[ noun ] (cards) one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
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[ noun ] something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
Examples "Paris is the queen of cities" "the queen of ocean liners" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (games) a competitor who holds a preeminent position
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1814
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[ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 923
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[ noun ] (zoology) especially large and only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring sired by only a few males
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