pseudogyne

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pseudogyne (noun; Greek pseudos, false; gyne, woman): (Arthropoda: Insecta) In Hymenoptera, a defective ant, characterized by having a female thorax with the stature, gaster and head of the worker, thought to result from having parasitic beetles in their colony.