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protogyny

protogyny noun: the condition in which an organism begins life as a female and then changes into a male.

Noun

protogyny (uncountable)

  1. The condition in which an organism begins life as a female and then changes into a male.
  2. The condition of flowers whose female parts mature before the male ones.
  3. The emergence of females before males from dormancy, or more rapid development of female brood leading to their appearance earlier in a season.
  4. (ethology) The arrival of females before males at a mating site.

protogyny meaning in Tamil

protogyny in Tamil

சூலக முன் பக்குவம், பெண்ணகமுன்முதிர்தன்மை

Origin of protogyny

From proto- + -gyny.

Questions about protogyny

What does protogyny mean?
Protogyny means the condition in which an organism begins life as a female and then changes into a male.
What is protogyny in Tamil?
Protogyny in Tamil is சூலக முன் பக்குவம், பெண்ணகமுன்முதிர்தன்மை. See Protogyny meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is protogyny?
Protogyny is a noun.

Words near protogyny in the dictionary

  1. protogroup
  2. protogroups
  3. protogrunge
  4. protogynous
  5. protogynously
  6. protogyny
  7. protohaem
  8. protohaemin
  9. protohaemins
  10. protohaems
  11. protohalo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: protogyny (page history and authors); protogyny (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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