Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arrhenotokous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ar-rheno-tok-ous
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.

Example Sentences

"Certain wasps and bees are arrhenotokous."
"In scale insects no examples of cyclic parthenogenesis are known and parthenogenesis can be thelytokous, deuterotokous or arrhenotokous."

Etymology

From arrhenotoky + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: arrhenotoky

Inflected Forms

arrenotokous (alternative)

Derived Forms

arrhenotokously

Questions

What does arrhenotokous mean?: Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
Where does arrhenotokous come from?: From arrhenotoky + -ous.

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