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thelytokous

thelytokous adjective: that produces female offspring (only).

Adjective

thelytokous (not comparable)

  1. That produces female offspring (only)

Origin of thelytokous

From thelytoky + -ous.

Questions about thelytokous

What does thelytokous mean?
Thelytokous means that produces female offspring (only).
What part of speech is thelytokous?
Thelytokous is an adjective.

Words near thelytokous in the dictionary

  1. thelyphonid
  2. thelyphonids
  3. thelypodies
  4. thelypody
  5. thelypteridaceous
  6. thelytokous
  7. thelytokously
  8. thelytoky
  9. them
  10. them 'un
  11. them all

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