(of a social insect) having more than one egg-laying queen in each colony.
〔昆〕（群居昆虫）多产卵虫后的
Example sentencesExamples
In the present study, we use the parameters provided by reproductive skew models as a guideline for factors that may determine reproductive sharing in polygyne ants.
South American fire ant species falling outside the socially polymorphic clade are not known to exhibit polygyne colony social organization.
Colonies of the monogyne type are headed by a single egg-laying queen, whereas those of the polygyne type contain multiple queens.
This result conforms to previous findings in other polygyne wasps, where nestmate queens were usually significantly related (reviewed by Crozier and Pamilo 1996).
Definition of polygyne in US English:
polygyne
adjectiveˈpäləˌjīn
Entomology
(of a social insect) having more than one egg-laying queen in each colony.
〔昆〕（群居昆虫）多产卵虫后的
Example sentencesExamples
In the present study, we use the parameters provided by reproductive skew models as a guideline for factors that may determine reproductive sharing in polygyne ants.
Colonies of the monogyne type are headed by a single egg-laying queen, whereas those of the polygyne type contain multiple queens.
South American fire ant species falling outside the socially polymorphic clade are not known to exhibit polygyne colony social organization.
This result conforms to previous findings in other polygyne wasps, where nestmate queens were usually significantly related (reviewed by Crozier and Pamilo 1996).