Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thelygeny

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: the-lyge-ny
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The production of only female offspring.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If monogeny is determined exclusively by a cytoplasmic factor, then it is easy to see that the factor will either die out (if it causes arrhenogeny) or will become fixed and thereby sterilize the population (if it causes thelygeny)."
"Both series of experiments show the possibility of an experimental induction for intersexuality and thelygeny."
"monogeny — the production of only male (“arrhenogeny”) or female (“thelygeny”) offspring."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θῆλυς (thêlus) + -geny.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

thelygenous

Antonyms

arrhenogeny

Questions

What does thelygeny mean?: The production of only female offspring.
Where does thelygeny come from?: From Ancient Greek θῆλυς (thêlus) + -geny.

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