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phragmocyttarous

phragmocyttarous adjective: of, relating to, or being a type of social wasp nest, in which brood combs are attached laterally to the inner surface of the sack-like envelope.

Adjective

phragmocyttarous (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, or being a type of social wasp nest, in which brood combs are attached laterally to the inner surface of the sack-like envelope.
    • In Ducke's classification, Polybia is placed with those species that are paper workers, are polygynous, make a nest with an envelope, and are completely phragmocyttarous.1933, Philip Rau, The Jungle Bees and Wasps of Barro Colorado Island, P. Rau, page 46
    • The members of this distinctive genus are rather rare, the males especially so. They were described by Araujo. The nests are phragmocyttarous.1978, Owain Westmacott Richards, The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae, British Museum (Natural History), page 158

Origin of phragmocyttarous

From phragmo-, from Ancient Greek φρᾰγμός (phrăgmós) + κύτταρος (kúttaros).

Questions about phragmocyttarous

What does phragmocyttarous mean?
Phragmocyttarous means of, relating to, or being a type of social wasp nest, in which brood combs are attached laterally to the inner surface of the sack-like envelope.
What part of speech is phragmocyttarous?
Phragmocyttarous is an adjective.

Words near phragmocyttarous in the dictionary

  1. phragmoceratid
  2. phragmoceratids
  3. phragmocone
  4. phragmocones
  5. phragmoconic
  6. phragmocyttarous
  7. phragmoplast
  8. phragmoplasts
  9. phragmosis
  10. phragmosomal
  11. phragmosome

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