antiqueen

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adjective

Inhibiting the development of normal bees into queen bees.

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Meanings

adjectiveantiqueen (not comparable)
  1. not comparableInhibiting the development of normal bees into queen bees.

    If the queen dies there is no longer any "antiqueen" pheromone released and one or more of the nymphs develop into queens.

    1977, Claude Alvin Villée, Biology
    1 more example

    The composition of a bee society is controlled by an antiqueen pheromone secreted by the queen. It inhibits the workers from raising a new queen...

    1996, Eldra Pearl Solomon, Biology

Origin

From anti- + queen.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

nequinate
Cite this entry
APA

antiqueen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiqueen

MLA

“antiqueen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiqueen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiqueen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiqueen.

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