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/het'euh roj"euh neuhs/, adj. Zool.having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.[1850-55; HETERO- + -GYNOUS]
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Heterogynous — Het er*og y*nous, a. [Hetero + Gr. ? a woman, female.] (Zo[ o]l.) Having females very unlike the males in form and structure; as certain insects, the males of which are winged, and the females wingless. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
heterogynous — [het΄ər äj′ə nəs] adj. [ HETERO + GYNOUS] having two kinds of females, reproductive and nonreproductive, as ants or bees … English World dictionary
heterogynous — adj. [Gr. heteros, different; gyne, woman] Having more than one type of female … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
heterogynous — het·er·og·y·nous … English syllables
heterogynous — /hɛtəˈrɒdʒənəs/ (say hetuh rojuhnuhs) adjective having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants. {hetero + gynous} …
heterogynous — … Useful english dictionary
het|er|og|y|nal — «HEHT uh ROJ uh nuhl», adjective. = heterogynous. (Cf. ↑heterogynous) … Useful english dictionary
heterogonous — heterogonously, adv. /het euh rog euh neuhs/, adj. 1. Bot. of or pertaining to monoclinous flowers of two or more kinds occurring on different individuals of the same species, the kinds differing in the relative length of stamens and pistils… … Universalium
ετερόγυνος — ο 1. αυτός που παρουσιάζει ετερογυνία 2. το αρσ. ως ουσ. ο ετερόγυνος λεπιδόπτερο έντομο με διαφανή φτερά. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Αντιδάνεια λ., πρβλ. αγγλ. heterogynous < hetero (πρβλ. ετερο *) gynous (πρβλ. γυνος < γυνή)] … Dictionary of Greek
heterogonous — /hɛtəˈrɒgənəs/ (say hetuh roguhnuhs) adjective 1. Botany noting or relating to monoclinous flowers of two or more kinds occurring on different individuals of the same species, the kinds differing in the relative length of stamens and pistils… …
