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单词 foundress
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Definition of foundress in English:

foundress

noun ˈfaʊndrəsˈfaʊndrəs
  • A female founder, especially a fertile female animal that founds a colony.

    女创建人;(尤指)繁殖一个新群体的雌性动物

    she was the sixth-century foundress of a community of women
    foundresses set up a new nest in spring
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nests become social if a second foundress successfully usurps the nest with the original foundress remaining in the nest as a nonreproductive guard (if she leaves, the nest remains solitary).
    • There is evidence that pedicels of ovaries containing wasps grow more than those that do not, but pedicel length at wasp maturity is probably still a good indicator of ovary position when foundresses oviposit.
    • Investment preservation may also increase with the number of foundresses remaining on a colony, because of the increased likelihood that a foundress will be present to preserve past investments.
    • The relative importance of LMC and of inbreeding depends on the number of foundresses that oviposit in a local patch.
    • Relative to the foundress, soldiers have an enlarged prothorax and fore femora, reduced wings and antennae, and a pale exoskeleton.

Definition of foundress in US English:

foundress

nounˈfaʊndrəsˈfoundrəs
  • A female founder.

    she was the sixth-century foundress of a community of women
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nests become social if a second foundress successfully usurps the nest with the original foundress remaining in the nest as a nonreproductive guard (if she leaves, the nest remains solitary).
    • Investment preservation may also increase with the number of foundresses remaining on a colony, because of the increased likelihood that a foundress will be present to preserve past investments.
    • The relative importance of LMC and of inbreeding depends on the number of foundresses that oviposit in a local patch.
    • There is evidence that pedicels of ovaries containing wasps grow more than those that do not, but pedicel length at wasp maturity is probably still a good indicator of ovary position when foundresses oviposit.
    • Relative to the foundress, soldiers have an enlarged prothorax and fore femora, reduced wings and antennae, and a pale exoskeleton.
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