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fundatrigenia

fundatrigenia noun: an offspring of a fundatrix.

Noun

fundatrigenia (plural fundatrigeniae)

  1. An offspring of a fundatrix.
    • At about this time some of the fundatrices mature and give birth, parthenogenetically, to the first fundatrigeniae.1936 November, Hilgardia, volume 10, number 7, page 184
    • R. cerasifoliae (Fitch) and R. viridis, new species, have essentially the same type of life cycle, but in the former fundatrigeniae are often produced throughout much of the summer, while in the latter this stage is never produced.1956, Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, page 7

Forms of fundatrigenia

pluralfundatrigeniae

Origin of fundatrigenia

From New Latin, from fundatri- (from fundātrīx) + -genia (irregular from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “born”)).

Questions about fundatrigenia

What does fundatrigenia mean?
Fundatrigenia means an offspring of a fundatrix.
What part of speech is fundatrigenia?
Fundatrigenia is a noun.
What is the plural of fundatrigenia?
The plural of fundatrigenia is fundatrigeniae.

Words near fundatrigenia in the dictionary

  1. fundamentalness
  2. fundamentals
  3. fundaments
  4. fundas
  5. fundatrices
  6. fundatrigenia
  7. fundatrigeniae
  8. fundatrix
  9. funday
  10. fundays
  11. fundectomies

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