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xenoparity

xenoparity noun: the condition of being xenoparous.

Noun

xenoparity (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being xenoparous.
    • We suggest defining such females as xenoparous, meaning they need to produce individuals of another species as part of their life cycle. This shows the evolution of xenoparity (xeno-, meaning ‘foreign, strange, different’, and -parity, meaning ‘produce, bring forth, give birth’), which is the need...
    • Transition towards xenoparity seems to result from sexual evolution along a parasitism–mutualism continuum.2025 September 3, Y. Juvé, C. Lutrat, A. Ha, et al., “One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants”, in Nature, →DOI, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2025

Examples of xenoparity in a sentence

  • “Beyond ants, this shows for the first time the evolution of xenoparity, which is the need to propagate another species’ genome by means of its own eggs,” Romiguier said.2025 September 16, Ashley Strickland, “Ant queen gives birth to two different species”, in AccuWeather, archived from the original on 24...
  • This is the first instance of xenoparity, which is the ability to pass on another species’ genome through its own eggs.2025 September 16, “Two Different Species of Ants Born From a Single Ant Queen”, in Smore Science, archived from the original on 17 Jan...

Origin of xenoparity

From xeno- + parity, from Latin pariō (“give birth to”).

Questions about xenoparity

What does xenoparity mean?
Xenoparity means the condition of being xenoparous.
How do you use xenoparity in a sentence?
“Beyond ants, this shows for the first time the evolution of xenoparity, which is the need to propagate another species’ genome by means of its own eggs,” Romiguier said.
What part of speech is xenoparity?
Xenoparity is a noun.

Words near xenoparity in the dictionary

  1. xenopaleontology
  2. xenoparasite
  3. xenoparasites
  4. xenoparasitic
  5. xenoparasitism
  6. xenoparity
  7. xenoparous
  8. xenopathology
  9. xenopatient
  10. xenopatients
  11. xenopeltid

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