reina

Definitions of reina
  1. noun
    the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
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    types:
    abeja reina, machiega, maesa, maestra
    fertile egg-laying female bee
    type of:
    insecto
    small air-breathing arthropod
  2. noun
    the wife or widow of a king
    synonyms: reina regente
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    types:
    reina consorte
    the wife of a reigning king
    regente, reina regente
    a queen who serves as ruler when the king cannot
    reina madre
    a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign
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