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androphorous

androphorous adjective: having the physical features of a male.

Adjective

androphorous (not comparable)

  1. Having the physical features of a male.
    • The character of the appendage is evidently the most reliable means of distinguishing species, but even this may vary in some instances, so that the number and arrangement of the antheridia and androphorous cells is not always a safe guide.1917, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, page 656
    • The species is probably androphorous, as a number of individuals carry a much smaller individual adhering to the disc, in the same way as Mortensen (1936) has recorded for Astrochlamys bruneus Koehler.1957, Desmond Eugene Hurley, Some Amphipoda, Isopoda and Tanaidacea from Cook Strait, page 21

Origin of androphorous

From andro- + -phorous.

Questions about androphorous

What does androphorous mean?
Androphorous means having the physical features of a male.
What part of speech is androphorous?
Androphorous is an adjective.

Words near androphorous in the dictionary

  1. androphobia
  2. androphobic
  3. androphora
  4. androphore
  5. androphores
  6. androphorous
  7. androphorum
  8. andropodia
  9. andropodial
  10. andropodium
  11. andropogon

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