单词 | tocogony |
释义 | > as lemmastocogony tocogony n. Brit. /tɒˈkɒɡəni/ , U.S. /toʊˈkɑɡəni/ , /tɑˈkɑɡəni/ propagation by parents as distinct from spontaneous generation. [After scientific Latin tocogonia (1868 in the passage translated in quot. 1876); compare German Tokogonie (1868 ln the same source).] ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > types of reproduction > [noun] > by parents tocogony1876 1876 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel Hist. Creation I. viii. 183 At present we must occupy ourselves with Propagation, or Tocogony [L. Tocogonia]. < as lemmas |
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