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meroistic

meroistic adjective: describing ovaries (especially of insects) that secrete nutritive (yolk) material as well as ova.

Adjective

meroistic (not comparable)

  1. Describing ovaries (especially of insects) that secrete nutritive (yolk) material as well as ova

Origin of meroistic

From mero- + -istic.

Questions about meroistic

What does meroistic mean?
Meroistic means describing ovaries (especially of insects) that secrete nutritive (yolk) material as well as ova.
What part of speech is meroistic?
Meroistic is an adjective.

Words near meroistic in the dictionary

  1. merohedry
  2. meroi
  3. meroic
  4. meroir
  5. meroism
  6. meroistic
  7. Meroitic
  8. Meroiticist
  9. Meroiticists
  10. merokarst
  11. merokarstic

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