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diphygenic

diphygenic adjective: having two modes of embryonic development.

Adjective

diphygenic (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Having two modes of embryonic development.

Origin of diphygenic

Of diphy- + -genic, from Ancient Greek διφυής (diphuḗs, “double”) and -γενής (-genḗs, “offspring”)

Questions about diphygenic

What does diphygenic mean?
Diphygenic means having two modes of embryonic development.
What part of speech is diphygenic?
Diphygenic is an adjective.

Words near diphygenic in the dictionary

  1. diphthongs
  2. diphthongy
  3. diphy-
  4. diphycercal
  5. diphycercy
  6. diphygenic
  7. diphyid
  8. diphyids
  9. diphyletic
  10. diphyllic
  11. diphyllin

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