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Definition of foundress in English: foundressnoun ˈfaʊndrəsˈfaʊndrəs A female founder, especially a fertile female animal that founds a colony. 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: foundressnounˈfaʊndrəsˈfoundrəs 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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