A social system in which the mother is head of household, having authority over men and children. / A system of government by females (particularly as a kind of polity).

Excessively dense; especially more dense than is necessary to form a galaxy

A tinamou, Rhynchotus maculicollis.

A commissioned officer in the British Army or Royal Marines or the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, or United States Air Force, ranked above a major general and below a general.