English Dictionary

ANDROGENOUS

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does androgenous mean? 

ANDROGENOUS (adjective)
  The adjective ANDROGENOUS has 1 sense:

1. of or related to androgenesisplay

  Familiarity information: ANDROGENOUS used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANDROGENOUS (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or related to androgenesis

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

androgenetic; androgenous

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)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Don't burn your bridges behind you." (English proverb)

"There are many good moccasin tracks along the trail of a straight arrow." (Native American proverb, Sioux)

"You are as many a person as the languages you know." (Armenian proverb)

"If a caged bird isn't singing for love, it's singing in a rage." (Corsican proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact