A female founder, especially a fertile female animal that founds a colony.
女创建人；（尤指）繁殖一个新群体的雌性动物
she was the sixth-century foundress of a community of women
foundresses set up a new nest in spring
Example sentencesExamples
Nests become social if a second foundress successfully usurps the nest with the original foundress remaining in the nest as a nonreproductive guard (if she leaves, the nest remains solitary).
There is evidence that pedicels of ovaries containing wasps grow more than those that do not, but pedicel length at wasp maturity is probably still a good indicator of ovary position when foundresses oviposit.
Investment preservation may also increase with the number of foundresses remaining on a colony, because of the increased likelihood that a foundress will be present to preserve past investments.
The relative importance of LMC and of inbreeding depends on the number of foundresses that oviposit in a local patch.
Relative to the foundress, soldiers have an enlarged prothorax and fore femora, reduced wings and antennae, and a pale exoskeleton.
Definition of foundress in US English:
foundress
nounˈfaʊndrəsˈfoundrəs
A female founder.
she was the sixth-century foundress of a community of women
Example sentencesExamples
Nests become social if a second foundress successfully usurps the nest with the original foundress remaining in the nest as a nonreproductive guard (if she leaves, the nest remains solitary).
Investment preservation may also increase with the number of foundresses remaining on a colony, because of the increased likelihood that a foundress will be present to preserve past investments.
The relative importance of LMC and of inbreeding depends on the number of foundresses that oviposit in a local patch.
There is evidence that pedicels of ovaries containing wasps grow more than those that do not, but pedicel length at wasp maturity is probably still a good indicator of ovary position when foundresses oviposit.
Relative to the foundress, soldiers have an enlarged prothorax and fore femora, reduced wings and antennae, and a pale exoskeleton.