hemigynous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

Obsolete

"Since the above was written, I find that the hemigynous insects require a more careful examination than I had found leisure to bestow on them, […]"
"Hemigynous Specimen of Acronycta leporina."
"The female characters may be assumed on the head (gynaecocephalous), afterwards on the thorax (hemigynous), and finally on the elytra."

From Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-) + γυνή (gunḗ) + -ous.

gynandrous

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What does hemigynous mean?

Where does hemigynous come from?

From Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-) + γυνή (gunḗ) + -ous.

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