Industrious insect Crossword Clue

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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

INDUSTRIOUS (adjective)
1. characterized by hard work and perseverance
2. working hard to promote an enterprise
INSECT (noun)
1. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
2. small air-breathing arthropod

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