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thelygeny

thelygeny noun: the production of only female offspring.

Noun

thelygeny (uncountable)

  1. (reproduction) The production of only female offspring.
    • If monogeny is determined exclusively by a cytoplasmic factor, then it is easy to see that the factor will either die out (if it causes arrhenogeny) or will become fixed and thereby sterilize the population (if it causes thelygeny).1982, Graham Bell, The Masterpiece of Nature :: The Evolution and Genetics of Sexuality, page 441
    • Both series of experiments show the possibility of an experimental induction for intersexuality and thelygeny.2012, R. Reinboth, Intersexuality in the Animal Kingdom

thelygeny meaning in Tamil

thelygeny in Tamil

தையற்பிறப்பு

Antonyms of thelygeny

Origin of thelygeny

From Ancient Greek θῆλυς (thêlus) + -geny.

Words formed from thelygeny

Questions about thelygeny

What does thelygeny mean?
Thelygeny means the production of only female offspring.
What is thelygeny in Tamil?
Thelygeny in Tamil is தையற்பிறப்பு. See Thelygeny meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thelygeny?
Thelygeny is a noun.

Words near thelygeny in the dictionary

  1. Thelxinoe
  2. thelyblast
  3. thelyblasts
  4. thelycum
  5. thelygenous
  6. thelygeny
  7. thelyotokous
  8. thelyotoky
  9. thelyphonid
  10. thelyphonids
  11. thelypodies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thelygeny (page history and authors); thelygeny (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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