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gonotrophy

gonotrophy noun: a life cycle of feeding and laying of eggs.

Noun

gonotrophy (uncountable)

  1. a life cycle of feeding and laying of eggs

Origin of gonotrophy

From gono- + -trophy.

Questions about gonotrophy

What does gonotrophy mean?
Gonotrophy means a life cycle of feeding and laying of eggs.
What part of speech is gonotrophy?
Gonotrophy is a noun.

Words near gonotrophy in the dictionary

  1. gonotheca
  2. gonothecae
  3. gonothecal
  4. gonotrophic
  5. gonotrophically
  6. gonotrophy
  7. gonotropic
  8. gonotyl
  9. gonotyls
  10. gonozoid
  11. gonozoids

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