trophogenyn.

Brit.

/trəʊˈfɒdʒᵻni/,

/trəˈfɒdʒᵻni/, U.S.

/troʊˈfɑdʒəni/,

/trəˈfɑdʒəni/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tropho- comb. form, -geny comb. form.

Etymology: < tropho- comb. form + -geny comb. form, after trophogenic adj.

Entomology. rare.

The determination of a social insect's caste by the diet provided or available to it. Cf. trophogenic adj. 1.

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trophogeny1923

1923 W. M. Wheeler in Sci. Monthly Feb. 171 It was formerly supposed that all termite eggs were alike and therefore produced young larvae which..took on the various caste characters as a result of differences in feeding (trophogeny).

1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Mar. 159/1 Are the castes of ants determined by the diet of the larvae, that is, trophogeny, or in the egg, that is blastogeny?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	trophogeny
释义	trophogenyn. Brit. /trəʊˈfɒdʒᵻni/, /trəˈfɒdʒᵻni/, U.S. /troʊˈfɑdʒəni/, /trəˈfɑdʒəni/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tropho- comb. form, -geny comb. form. Etymology: < tropho- comb. form + -geny comb. form, after trophogenic adj. Entomology. rare. The determination of a social insect's caste by the diet provided or available to it. Cf. trophogenic adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by feeding or parasitism > determination of development by diet trophogeny1923 1923 W. M. Wheeler in Sci. Monthly Feb. 171 It was formerly supposed that all termite eggs were alike and therefore produced young larvae which..took on the various caste characters as a result of differences in feeding (trophogeny). 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Mar. 159/1 Are the castes of ants determined by the diet of the larvae, that is, trophogeny, or in the egg, that is blastogeny? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1923
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