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subsexual

subsexual adjective: having only some sexual characteristics; relating to a form of parthenogenesis in which the embryo develops from a cell produced by a modified form of meiosis.

Adjective

subsexual (not comparable)

  1. Having only some sexual characteristics; relating to a form of parthenogenesis in which the embryo develops from a cell produced by a modified form of meiosis.

Origin of subsexual

From sub- + sexual.

Questions about subsexual

What does subsexual mean?
Subsexual means having only some sexual characteristics; relating to a form of parthenogenesis in which the embryo develops from a cell produced by a modified form of meiosis.
What part of speech is subsexual?
Subsexual is an adjective.

Words near subsexual in the dictionary

  1. subsetting
  2. subsettings
  3. subsewer
  4. subsewers
  5. subsextuple
  6. subsexual
  7. subshaft
  8. subshafts
  9. subshape
  10. subshapes
  11. subsheaf

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