physergate

physergate
n. [Gr. physa, bladder; ergate, worker]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Hymenoptera Formicidae, large workers capable of egg production, but mainly utilized for honey storage.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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