"omega male" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: omega males [plural]
Etymology: Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet, while alpha is the first. Head templates: {{en-noun}} omega male (plural omega males)
  1. A male who is the lowest in a social or group hierarchy; a subordinate. Categories (topical): People Coordinate_terms: alpha female, beta male, gamma male, delta male, sigma male
    Sense id: en-omega_male-en-noun-kgkTPYhA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2004, Joseph Carroll, Literary Darwinism: Evolution, Human Nature, and Literature, page 140:",
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          "text": "Kamots (named in Blackfoot for \"freedom\") was the alpha male, dominant to all other pack-mates, and Lakota (named ironically with the Sioux word for friend, when he was to have so few) the omega male, subordinate to all males including the cubs as they grew to adulthood.",
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