queenless

English

Etymology

queen +‎ -less

Adjective

queenless (not comparable)

Without a queen.
- 2012, Neil McDonald, Chess Success: Planning After the Opening (page 55)
  Kramnik is perhaps the greatest exponent of heavyweight queenless middlegames in the history of chess.
- 2012, Andrew Pullin, Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies
  We have yet to identify every factor involved, but one variable is whether the nest contains a queen ant (queenright) or is queenless.

Antonyms

(of colonies of ants, bees, etc.): queenright

Translations

without a queen

Greek: αβασίλευτος (el) (avasíleftos)

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