- thelyotokous
- Having only female offspring
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
thelyotokous
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thelyotokous — thel·y·ot·o·kous … English syllables
thelyotokous — adjective see thelytokous … Useful english dictionary
thelyotoky — n. [Gr. thelys, female; tokos, offspring] A type of parthenogenesis in which unfertilized eggs develop into females; thelytoica; thelyotokous a; see arrenotoky, deuterotoky, amphitoky … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
thelytokous — /thi lit euh keuhs/, adj. pertaining to or produced by thelytoky. Also, thelyotokous /thel ee ot euh keuhs/. [1875 80; < Gk thelytókos. See THELYTOKY, OUS] * * * … Universalium
