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gynaecoid

gynaecoid adjective: characteristic of a woman.

Adjective

gynaecoid (comparative more gynaecoid, superlative most gynaecoid)

  1. Characteristic of a woman.
  2. Of certain Thysanoptera, having attenuating forelegs.
    • Macropterous, brachypterous and apterous forms of females and males are known in their populations. Two forms – oedymerous and gynaecoid – occur in males: they are characterized by the allometry of some body parts.2015 June 30, Halina Kucharczyk, Łukasz Wyrozumski, “Hoplothrips carpathicus Pelikán, 1961 (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) – a new thrips species in the Polish fauna”, in Polish Journal of...

Forms of gynaecoid

comparativemore gynaecoid
superlativemost gynaecoid
alternative formgynecoid
alternative formgynæcoid

Origin of gynaecoid

From gynaeco- + -oid.

Questions about gynaecoid

What does gynaecoid mean?
Gynaecoid means characteristic of a woman.
What part of speech is gynaecoid?
Gynaecoid is an adjective.

Words near gynaecoid in the dictionary

  1. gynaecium
  2. gynaeco-
  3. gynaecocracies
  4. gynaecocracy
  5. gynaecogenic
  6. gynaecoid
  7. gynaecol
  8. gynaecologic
  9. gynaecological
  10. gynaecologically
  11. gynaecologies

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