Colony insect Crossword Clue

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Colony insect Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

INSECT (noun)
1. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
2. small air-breathing arthropod
COLONY (noun)
1. a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
2. a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state’s system of government

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