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单词 hypenemy
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hypenemyn.

Etymology: < Latin hypēnemium (ovum), < Greek ὑπηνέμιον (ᾠόν) wind-egg, < ὑπό beneath + ἄνεμος wind. Also used in Latin form.
Obsolete. rare.
A wind-egg.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [noun] > ovum or ootid > types of ovum
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hypenemy1668
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1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. vi. 194 Such as are addled swim, as do also those which are tearmed hypenemia or wind-egges. View more context for this quotation]
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) Schol. 571 Provided that it be not a Hypenemy or Wind Egg.

Derivatives

hypeˈnemious adj. [Greek ὑπηνέμιος] full of wind, windy; said of an egg.
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1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860)
1886 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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