单词 | pseudogynous |
释义 | pseudogynousadj. 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). ΚΠ 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). < adj.1851 |
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