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形容詞

hemigynous ‎(not comparable)

1. (entomology, obsolete) Having characteristics of both male and female of the species but the sexual organs for one gender only.
   • 1851, Edward Newman, On the Word Hermaphrodite, in The Zoologist:

     Since the above was written, I find that the hemigynous insects require a more careful examination than I had found leisure to bestow on them, […]

   • 1872 March 18, Extracts from the Proceedings of the Entomological Society, March 18, 1872, published in The Entomologist, page 267:

     Hemigynous Specimen of Acronycta leporina.

   • 1901, Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society [of Great Britain], page 413:

     The female characters may be assumed on the head (gynaecocephalous), afterwards on the thorax (hemigynous), and finally on the elytra.

関連する語

• gynandrous

参照

• A New Greek and English Lexicon, page 637
• The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences