adenotrophic
adjective
ad·e·no·troph·ic
ˌa-də-nˌō-¦trä-fik,
ə-¦de-nə-,
-¦trō-
: marked by retention of eggs within the mother until the larvae are hatched and nourished by special nutritive organs in the uterus —used of a form of ovoviviparous development in certain dipterous insects
Word History
Etymology
aden- + -trophic
First Known Use
1936, in the meaning defined above
- subordinary
- subordinate
- subordinate clause
- subordinated
- subordinately
- subordinateness
- subordinatenesses
- subordinates
- subordinating
- subordinating conjunction
- subordination
- subordinationism
- subordinationist
- subordinationists
- subordinations
- subordinative
- subordinator
- subordinators
- suborganization
- suborganizations
- suborn
- subornation
- subornations
- suborned
- suborner