QUEEN SUBSTANCE

Meaning of QUEEN SUBSTANCE in English

a pheromone secreted from the mandibular glands of a queen honeybee and smelled, eaten, and absorbed by the worker bees, having the effect of preventing them from producing or rearing rival queens.

[ 1950-55 ]

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QUEEN SUBSTANCE — noun Date: 1954 a pheromone secreted by queen bees that is consumed by worker bees and inhibits ovary development
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
QUEEN SUBSTANCE — noun : a pheromone secreted by a queen bee and consumed by worker bees in which it inhibits ovary development …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUEEN SUBSTANCE — Date: 1954 : a pheromone secreted by queen bees that is consumed by worker bees and inhibits ovary development
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUEEN SUBSTANCE — Function: noun Date: 1954 : a pheromone secreted by queen bees that is consumed by worker bees and inhibits ovary …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
QUEEN SUBSTANCE — [queen substance] n (1954): a pheromone secreted by queen bees that is consumed by worker bees and inhibits ovary development
Merriam-Webster English vocab
QUEEN SUBSTANCE — маточное вещество (гормон из желёз пчелиной матки, подавляющий половую деятельность рабочих особей и привлекающий самцов)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
QUEEN SUBSTANCE — маточное вещество ( гормон из желёз пчелиной матки, подавляющий половую деятельность рабочих особей и привлекающий самцов )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SUBSTANCE — I. ˈsəbztən(t)s, -bst- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin substantia, from substant-, substans (present …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUEEN — I. ˈkwēn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English quen, quene, from Old English cwēn woman, wife, queen; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUBSTANCE — — substanceless , adj. /sub"steuhns/ , n. 1. that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
QUEEN — — queenless , adj. — queenlike , adj. /kween/ , n. 1. a female sovereign or monarch. 2. the wife …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
QUEEN — I. ˈkwēn noun Etymology: Middle English quene, from Old English cwēn woman, wife, queen; akin to Gothic qens wife, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SUBSTANCE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin substantia, from substant-, substans, present participle of substare to stand under, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SUBSTANCE — noun ·same·as hypostasis, 2. 2. substance ·noun material possessions; estate; property; resources. 3. substance ·vt to furnish or endow with …
Webster English vocab
QUEEN — noun the wife of a king. 2. queen ·vi to act the part of a queen. 3. queen ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
QUEEN — [queen] n [ME quene, fr. OE cwen woman, wife, queen; akin to Goth qens wife, Gk gyne woman, Skt jani] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
QUEEN — British rock band whose fusion of heavy metal, glam rock, and camp theatrics made it one of the most popular …
Britannica English vocabulary
QUEEN — queen, Queen BrE AmE kwiːn ▷ queened kwiːnd ▷ queening ˈkwiːn ɪŋ ▷ queens kwiːnz ▶ ₍ˌ₎ Queen ˈ Anne …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SUBSTANCE — / ˈsʌbstəns; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a type of solid, liquid or gas that has particular qualities …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUEEN — / kwiːn; NAmE / noun FEMALE RULER 1. the female ruler of an independent state that has a royal family …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SUBSTANCE — sub ‧ stance W3 /ˈsʌbstəns/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ substance , ↑ substantiation , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
QUEEN — I. queen 1 S2 W2 /kwiːn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cwen 'woman, queen' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
QUEEN — I. Queen BrE AmE a British ROCK GROUP who were very popular in the 1970s and 1980s, and whose songs …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SUBSTANCE — n. 1 a the essential material, esp. solid, forming a thing (the substance was transparent). b a particular kind of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
QUEEN — n. & v. --n. 1 (as a title usu. Queen) a female sovereign etc., esp. the hereditary ruler of an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SUBSTANCE — n. 1 a the essential material, esp. solid, forming a thing (the substance was transparent). b a particular kind of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
QUEEN — n. & v. n. 1 (as a title usu. Queen) a female sovereign etc., esp. the hereditary ruler of an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SUBSTANCE — n.1 a the essential material, esp. solid, forming a thing (the substance was transparent). b a particular kind of material …
Oxford English vocab
QUEEN — n. & v. --n. 1. (as a title usu. Queen) a female sovereign etc., esp. the hereditary ruler of an …
Oxford English vocab
SUBSTANCE — ( substances) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A substance is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUEEN — ( queens) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A queen is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SUBSTANCE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a banned substance/drug (= a drug that people competing in a sport are not allowed …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
QUEEN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
QUEEN — (WOMAN) [noun] [C] - a woman who rules a country because she has been born into a royal family, or …
Cambridge English vocab
QUEEN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
QUEEN — noun 1 female ruler/wife of a king ADJECTIVE ▪ rightful ▪ future ▪ homecoming , prom (both AmE ) ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SUBSTANCE — n. 25B6; noun an organic substance : MATERIAL, matter, stuff. ghostly figures with no substance : SOLIDITY, body, corporeality; density, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SUBSTANCE — n. 1 material, matter, stuff; fabric, composition, make-up She couldn't recognize the substance in the bottle The comet's substance is …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
QUEEN — n. 1 sovereign, monarch, ruler; empress; queen consort; queen mother; queen dowager She was absolutely thrilled when she was invited …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SUBSTANCE — That which makes a thing what it is and not something else, i.e., essence (ousia) in Greek philosophy. Aristotle said …
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
SUBSTANCE — сущ. 1) а) филос. вещество, материя, субстанция б) вещество chemical substance ≈ химическое вещество hard substance ≈ твердое вещество oily …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUEEN
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SUBSTANCE — substance.ogg ʹsʌbstəns n 1. вещество heavy porous, yellow, transparent substance - тяжёлое пористое, жёлтое, прозрачное вещество solid substance - твёрдое …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
QUEEN
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SUBSTANCE — вещество; материал - absorbed substance - absorbing substance - adhesive substance - adsorbed substance - adsorbing substance - air-polluting substance …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SUBSTANCE — вещество; материал - absorbed substance - absorbing substance - adhesive substance - adsorbed substance - adsorbing substance - air-polluting substance - allied substances - anionogenic substance - antistatic substance - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SUBSTANCE — 1) вещественность 2) вещество 3) естество 4) масса 5) материя 6) содержание 7) субстанция 8) суть 9) сущность 10) физ. тело • toxic substance abuse — мед. токсикомания - alpha-active substance - alpha-radioactive …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SUBSTANCE — substance сущ.1) а) филос. материя, субстанция б) вещество chemical substance — химическое вещество hard substance — твердое вещество oily substance …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
QUEEN — queen сущ.1) королева (Queen - правительница; queen - жена короля) to crown, proclaim smb. a queen — короновать кого-л., провозгласить …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
QUEEN
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SUBSTANCE — n 1. вещество heavy porous, yellow, transparent substance - тяжёлое пористое, жёлтое, прозрачное вещество solid substance - твёрдое тело 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
QUEEN
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SUBSTANCE — сущ. 1) а) филос. материя, субстанция б) вещество chemical substance — химическое вещество hard substance — твердое вещество oily substance …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
QUEEN — 1. сущ. 1) королева (Queen - правительница ; queen - жена короля ) to crown, proclaim smb. a queen — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SUBSTANCE — сущ. 1) а) филос. материя, субстанция б) вещество chemical substance — химическое вещество hard substance — твердое вещество oily substance — маслянистое вещество pure substance — чистое …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
QUEEN — 1. сущ. 1) королева (Queen - правительница; queen - жена короля) to crown, proclaim smb. a queen — короновать кого-л., провозгласить кого-л. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SUBSTANCE — субстанция, вещество, материя - agglutinating substance - agglutinin-stimulating substance - antimitotic substance - ballast substance - blood group substances - cement substance - chromophilic substance - chromotropic substance - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SUBSTANCE — субстанция, вещество, материя - agglutinating substance - agglutinin-stimulating substance - antimitotic substance - ballast substance - blood group substances - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SUBSTANCE — _n. 1> вещество 2> _филос. материя, вещество, субстанция 3> сущность, суть, содержание; in substance - по существу; по сути; to …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
QUEEN — 1. _n. 1> королева; - Queen's head 2> богиня, царица; queen of beauty - королева красоты 3> _карт. дама; - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
QUEEN — 1. n. 1. королева; - Queen's head 2. богиня, царица; queen of beauty - королева красоты 3. карт. дама; - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SUBSTANCE — субстанция; вещество - antirot substance - bioactive substance - biodegradable substance - biorefractory substance - cancerogenic substance - clay substance - close substance - conservative substance - dangerous substance - …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
SUBSTANCE — вещество; материал - adsorbed substance - antiknock substance - chemical substance - gaseous substance - mother substance - resinous substance - wetting substance
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
SUBSTANCE — вещество - harmful substance - hazardous substance - noxious substance - toxic substance - working substance
Англо-Русский строительный словарь

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