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oedymerous

oedymerous adjective: of certain Thysanoptera, having strongly thickened forelegs.

Adjective

oedymerous (not comparable)

  1. Of certain Thysanoptera, having strongly thickened forelegs.
    • Female, forma brachyptera.—Much like preceding form in color and general structure, but usually distinctly œdymerous and male-like in appearance; eyes reduced in size, ocelli nearly or quite wanting, genal tooth usually more prominent; sense-cones shorter; pronotum usually fully 1.5 times as long...1933 December, J. Douglas Hood, “New Thysanoptera from Panamá”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society, volume 41, number 4, page 427
    • 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 oedymerous

alternative formœdymerous

Origin of oedymerous

From Ancient Greek οἰδέω (oidéō, “I swell”) + -merous.

Questions about oedymerous

What does oedymerous mean?
Oedymerous means of certain Thysanoptera, having strongly thickened forelegs.
What part of speech is oedymerous?
Oedymerous is an adjective.

Words near oedymerous in the dictionary

  1. Oedipus complex
  2. Oedipus complexes
  3. oedometer
  4. oedometers
  5. oedometric
  6. oedymerous
  7. OEE
  8. OEed
  9. OEF
  10. oegipan
  11. oegipans

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