ouvrière

Definitions of ouvrière
  1. noun
    sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive
    synonyms: abeille travailleuse
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    type of:
    abeille travailleuse
    sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
  2. noun
    sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
    synonyms: abeille travailleuse
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    types:
    soldat
    a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
    abeille travailleuse
    sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive
    type of:
    insecte
    small air-breathing arthropod
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