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单词 pseudogynous
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pseudogynousadj.

Brit. /ˌs(j)uːdəˈɡʌɪnəs/, /s(j)uːˈdɒdʒᵻnəs/, U.S. /suˈdɑdʒənəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably partly modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: pseudo- comb. form, -gynous comb. form.
Etymology: < pseudo- comb. form + -gynous comb. form. In specific use in entomology probably after German pseudogyn (E. Wasmann 1895: see pseudogyne n.); compare pseudogyne n., which is first attested slightly later in the spec. sense.
Zoology.
Designating an animal which is female in form or has female characteristics but does not function reproductively as a female; (Entomology) of or relating to a pseudogyne (pseudogyne n. 2).
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1851 Zoologist 9 App. p. cxlii This class of phenomena might be called Pseudogynous, that is, falsely or imperfectly female.
1898 Zool. Rec. 34 172 Ergatoid and pseudogynous forms.
1903 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 172 A Pseudogynous form exhibits a somewhat deformed combination of the thorax-structure of a female with the abdominal development and body size of a worker.
1979 M. G. Jenner in Science 28 Sept. 1409/1 I propose that a male [gastropod mollusc] with false female traits be called a pseudogynous male.., and that a female with false male attributes be termed a pseudandric female.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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