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X0 system

X0 system proper noun: the system that determines the sex of offspring among grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches, and some other insects, in which females have two sex cells (XX) and males have only one sex cell (X0, or simply X; the 0 signifies the lack of another X).

x0 system: the system that determines the sex of offspring among grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches, and some...
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Proper noun

X0 system

  1. The system that determines the sex of offspring among grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches, and some other insects, in which females have two sex cells (XX) and males have only one sex cell (X0, or simply X; the 0 signifies the lack of another X).

Questions about X0 system

What does X0 system mean?
X0 system means the system that determines the sex of offspring among grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches, and some other insects, in which females have two sex cells (XX) and males have only one sex cell (X0, or simply X; the 0 signifies the lack of another X).
What part of speech is X0 system?
X0 system is a proper noun.

Words near X0 system in the dictionary

  1. X-Y recorder
  2. X-Y recorders
  3. X.
  4. x.m.
  5. X/Windows
  6. X0 system
  7. X11
  8. X17 particle
  9. X17 particles
  10. x64
  11. x86

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