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pseudogyne

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pseu-dog-y-ne
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An agamic or asexual female of certain insect species, such as plant-lice, that reproduce by parthenogenesis.

noun

An ant with the thorax of a female and the abdomen and size of a worker.

Etymology

From pseudo- + gyne. Piecewise doublet of pseudoqueen.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pseudogynes (plural)

Questions

What does pseudogyne mean?
An agamic or asexual female of certain insect species, such as plant-lice, that reproduce by parthenogenesis.
Where does pseudogyne come from?
From pseudo- + gyne. Piecewise doublet of pseudoqueen.

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