matriarchal
adjective
of or relating to a matriarch, the female head of a family, tribe, community, etc..
matriarchic
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a variation of
matriarchal.
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a word derived from
matriarch.
matriarchnounthe female head of a family or tribal line.
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With a male as well as a female reproductive in each colony, termites differ from all other social insects, which are matriarchic.
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