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panoistic

panoistic adjective: producing ova only, and not yolk cells.

Adjective

panoistic (not comparable)

  1. Producing ova only, and not yolk cells.
    • panoistic ovaries of insects
    • panoistic insect

Origin of panoistic

From pan- + Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + -istic.

Questions about panoistic

What does panoistic mean?
Panoistic means producing ova only, and not yolk cells.
What part of speech is panoistic?
Panoistic is an adjective.

Words near panoistic in the dictionary

  1. panoches
  2. Panock
  3. panococo
  4. panocracy
  5. Panofsky
  6. panoistic
  7. panoja
  8. Panola
  9. Panola County
  10. panolepsy
  11. Panolia deer

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