also: じょおうあり
queen ant
Refers specifically to the reproductive female ant in a colony.
女王アリは一日に何千もの卵を産む。
A queen ant lays thousands of eggs a day.
Male ant; exists primarily to mate with the queen.
Standard spelling using katakana for アリ, common in biological contexts.
Kanji spelling for あり; less common but still used, especially in formal or scientific writing.
Compound of 女王 (queen) and アリ (ant).