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noun
The primary reproductive female caste of social insects (especially ants, wasps, and bees), those destined to become queens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
gynecologist
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
gynecomastia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
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History
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “female”). Doublet of quean and queen.
Clipping of gynecologist.
Clipping of gynecomastia.
