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antigeny

antigeny noun: sexual dimorphism, especially in lepidopterans.

Noun

antigeny (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Sexual dimorphism, especially in lepidopterans.
    • It is a curious circumstance that, while albinic antigeny finds its most complete expression in high temperate regions, and melanic antigeny prevails toward the tropics, the albinic females of a partially antigenic species never appear in the spring brood, but increase in numbers throughout the hot...1877, Samuel Hubbard Scudder, Antigeny, Or Sexual Dimorphism in Butterflies, page 151

Origin of antigeny

From ἀντί (antí, “against, opposite”) + γένος (génos, “sex, stock, race”).

Words formed from antigeny

Questions about antigeny

What does antigeny mean?
Antigeny means sexual dimorphism, especially in lepidopterans.
What part of speech is antigeny?
Antigeny is a noun.

Words near antigeny in the dictionary

  1. antigens
  2. antigentile
  3. antigentilism
  4. antigentrification
  5. antigenuria
  6. antigeny
  7. antigeotactic
  8. antigerbil
  9. antigerm
  10. antighetto
  11. antighost

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