queen-cage
English
noun
Definitions
- (beekeeping) A small case used to introduce and protect a new queen bee to a queenless hive in order to determine whether the new queen will be accepted or rejected
Etymology
Compound from English queen (an effeminate male homosexual) + English cage.
Origin
English
cage
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Queen Elizabeth Islands English
- Queenie English
- Queenite English
- Queensferry English
- antiqueen English
- battery cage English
- birdcage English
- butch queen English
- cage English
- cage bird English
- cage home English
- cagebird English
- cageful English
- cageless English
- cagelike English
- cageling English
- cagemate English
- cager English
- cagewash English
- cagework English
- decage English
- dequeen English
- discage English
- encage English
- homecage English
- incage English
- merqueen English
- microcage English
- multiqueen English
- nanocage English
- photocage English
- queen English
- queen bee English
- queen-size English
- queencraft English
- queendom English
- queener English
- queenfish English
- queenhood English
- queenie English
- queenish English
- queenless English
- queenlet English
- queenlike English
- queenly English
- queenmaker English
- queenright English
- queenship English
- queenside English
- queeny English
- requeen English
- semiqueen English
- uncage English
- unqueen English
- yas queen English
- Queen German
- cuina Spanish, Castilian
- クイーン Japanese
- ケージ Japanese
- cage Middle English
- quene Middle English
- ควีน Thai
- 퀸 Korean
- ikheji Zulu
- kwiin Marshallese
- kwin Tok Pisin
- G@Shoulder-PalmDown G@Abdomen-PalmDown American Sign Language
- cage
- cager
- queen
- uncage
- incage
- queeny
- encage
- decage
- queener
- queenie
- cageful
- queenly
- dequeen
- discage
- unqueen
- requeen
- Queenie
- cagemate
- cagelike
- homecage
- cageless
- birdcage
- cagebird
- cagework
- cageling
- queendom
- queenish
- merqueen
- queenlet
- nanocage
- cagewash
- Queenite
- photocage
- queenside
- queenless
- queen bee
- cage bird
- antiqueen
- microcage
- queenfish
- queenlike
- queenhood
- queenship
- semiqueen
- cage home
- yas queen
- queenmaker
- multiqueen
- queencraft
- queen-size
- queenright
- butch queen
- Queensferry
- battery cage
- Queen Elizabeth Islands