Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Secreting not only ova, but also vitelligenous cells: applied to the ovaries of insects. See
panoistic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Applied to the ovaries of insects when they secrete vitelligenous cells, as well as ova.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective biology Describing
ovaries (especially of insects) that secretenutritive (yolk ) material as well asova
Etymologies
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mero- + -istic
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