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hypandria

hypandria is the plural of hypandrium.

Meaning of hypandrium

Noun

hypandrium (plural hypandria)

  1. A plate, formed from fused coxites, covering the genitalia of a male insect
    • We also use the term, aedeagal hood, to refer to a morphologically variable structure at the apex of the hypandrium, a position shared with the hook-like, superior lobes which are dorsal relative to aedeagal hood (Fig 2 ).2015 November 19, “Neotropical Copestylum Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) Breeding in Fruits and Flowers, Including 7 New Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about hypandria

What is hypandria the plural of?
Hypandria is the plural of hypandrium.

Words near hypandria in the dictionary

  1. hypalgic
  2. hypallactic
  3. hypallage
  4. hypallages
  5. Hypalon
  6. hypandria
  7. hypandrial
  8. hypandrium
  9. hypanthia
  10. hypanthial
  11. hypanthium

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