supersister
English
noun
Definitions
- (biology) Any of a set of sisters of a haplodiploid species (e.g. honeybee, or any Hymenoptera) who are daughters of the same queen that was inseminated by a single male (drone). By contrast, full sisters of a diploid species (e.g. humans) share a genetic w: Coefficient of coefficient of relatedness of 0.5. Supersisters share 0.75 relatedness.
Etymology
Prefix from English sister.
Origin
English
sister
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- co-sister English
- foresister English
- godsister English
- half sister English
- intersister English
- mersister English
- sister English
- sister-in-law English
- sister-out-law English
- sisterdom English
- sisterfucker English
- sisterfucking English
- sistergirl English
- sisterhood English
- sisterji English
- sisterless English
- sisterlike English
- sisterly English
- sistern English
- sistership English
- stepsister English
- unsister English
- *swésōr Proto-Indo-European
- シスター Japanese
- sister Middle English
- 絲打 Chinese
- 시스터 Korean
- sista Tok Pisin
- سستر Gulf Arabic
- sista Pijin
- sista Kriol
- sista Nigerian Pidgin