the largest member of the termite family, the queen can be up to 10 cm in length Her sole job is to lay thousands eggs for the reproductives to fertilize and care for
A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs especially large and only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring sired by only a few males (chess) the most powerful piece one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen a female sovereign ruler the wife or widow of a king something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind; "Paris is the queen of cities"; "the queen of ocean liners"