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ANDROGENOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or related to androgenesis
Synonyms:
androgenetic; androgenous
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
androgenesis (male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization)
Derivation:
androgenesis (male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization)
androgyne (one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made)
androgyny (showing characteristics of both sexes)
