Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

apyrene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: apyrene
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of sperm in species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, infertile.

Example Sentences

"Counter to this latter hypothesis, Cook and Gage (1995) have shown that, unlike eupyrene numbers, apyrene sperm numbers do not vary with sperm competition risk (see fig 7.7)."

Frequently Paired Words

eupyrene

Questions

What does apyrene mean?: Of sperm in species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, infertile.

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