单词 | gynandromorphous |
释义 | gynandromorphousadj. Zoology. Designating an animal (most often an insect) in which male and female tissues are present as a genetic mosaic in the same individual, as shown by markings or other features; = gynandromorphic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of sexual organs or reproduction > having male and female characteristics or gyandromorphic gynandromorphous1838 gynandromorphic1875 gynandromorph1909 1838 Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 393 The Baron de Romand has figured a gynandromorphous specimen of Scolia 6-maculata, Fabr. 1903 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 19 677 The gynandromorphous bee may have originated from two eggs, matured in a single ovarian follicle and enclosed in the same chorion. 2011 M. Nelson Compl. Guide Poultry Breeds iii. 60 Scientists at the Roslin Institute of the University of Edinburgh recently discovered that one in every 10,000 chickens are gynandromorphous, or half female and half male. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1838 |
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