gamergate
See also: Gamergate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, “union, marriage”) + ergate.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡæm.ə.ɡeɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡæm.əɹ.ˌɡeɪt/
- Hyphenation: gam‧er‧gate
Noun edit
gamergate (plural gamergates)
- (entomology) A worker insect that can become capable of reproducing when the queen has died.
- 1990, Christian Peeters, “Monogyny and Polygyny in Ponerine Ants Without Queens”, in Social Insects and the Environment: Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of IUSSI, 1990, Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, page 234:
- Recent studies indicate that queenless societies can have either one or several gamergates per colony, which reveals that reproductive inhibition can occur despite the absence of the queen caste.