单词 | protandric |
释义 | protandricadj. Zoology and Botany. = protandrous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > colony or compound organism > [adjective] > protandrous protandric1887 protandrous1890 proterandrous1890 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > hermaphrodite > hermaphrodite organs > having male organs mature before female organs protandric1887 protandrous1890 1887 Bergens Museums Aarsberetning vii. 29 It may not be amiss to draw a comparison between the protandric hermaphroditism of Myxine and the hermaphroditism of the few other hermaphroditic vertebrates known. 1890 Cent. Dict. Protandric, in bot., same as protandrous. 1932 Proc. 6th Internat. Congr. Genetics 2 27 This species is regularly protandric, each young animal producing many thousands of sperm balls. 1958 J. E. Morton Molluscs vii. 126 In..prosobranchs the sexes may—for a part of the life—be united in one individual. Sometimes, perhaps always, this hermaphroditism is of a protandric kind. 1975 Nature 15 May 221/2 He considered it likely that A. equina is a protandric hermaphrodite which mainly self-fertilises and retains larvae within the parent. 1991 Taxon 40 564 This usually coincides with the ripening of the stigma of the protandric flowers. Derivatives proˈtandrism n. = protandry n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > colony or compound organism > [noun] > condition of being protanderous protandry1870 proterandrousness1875 proterandry1880 protandrism1890 1890 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Protandric Protandrism. 1996 Jrnl. Chem. Ecol. 22 2064 Protandrism is well documented in parasitoid Hymenoptera. 2001 N.Z. Jrnl. Marine & Freshwater Res. 35 885/2 Protandrism may be particularly important in brooding species [of gastropod], since the space for oviposition increases as the animal grows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1887 |
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