proctodeal
/ˌprɒktə(ʊ)ˈdiːəl/(also proctodaeal)
adjective
1 Zoology and Embryology. Of or relating to the proctodeum.
2 Entomology. Among social insects: of or relating to the feeding of an insect from the hindgut of another.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. From proctodeum + -al.
- parrot-house
- parrotise
- parrotism
- parrotize
- parrotlet
- parrot-like
- parrot mouth
- parrot-perch
- parrot plague
- parrotry
- parrot's beak
- parrot's feather
- parrot snake
- parrots' plague
- Parrott
- parrot teacher
- parrot-toed
- parrot tongue
- parrot tulip
- parrotty
- parrotwise
- parrot wrasse
- parroty
- parry
- Parry, Sir Hubert