omega femaleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

omega female (複数形 omega females)

1. A low-status and subordinate female; a female at the bottom of the social hierarchy.
   • 2010, Jose A. Fadul, Ronan S. Estoque, A Workbook for an Introductory Course in Sociology, page 33:

     What about an omega, do you have any omega male or omega female amongst your classmates?

   • 2012, Patricia Pliner, Nonverbal Communication of Aggression:

     Later, this omega female, who was a virtual outcast for several weeks, regained her status in the pack by joining the dominant female when her litter was born and acting as a maiden aunt or dry nurse.

   • 2019, Jim Dutcher, Jamie Dutcher, Running with Wolves: Our Story of Life with the Sawtooth Pack, page 137:

     Chemukh had once been in danger of becoming the omega female.