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-gynous

-gynous suffix: female, related to women.

Suffix

-gynous

  1. Female, related to women.

Origin of -gynous

Equivalent to gyn- (“female”) + -ous

Questions about -gynous

What does -gynous mean?
-gynous means female, related to women.
What part of speech is -gynous?
-gynous is a suffix.

Words near -gynous in the dictionary

  1. -graphy
  2. -grave
  3. -grel
  4. -grel-
  5. -guessr
  6. -gynous
  7. -gyny
  8. -gyre
  9. -h
  10. -h-
  11. -ham

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