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gynandrous

/ji-nan-druhs, gahy-, jahy-/US // dʒɪˈnæn drəs, gaɪ-, dʒaɪ- //UK // (dʒaɪˈnændrəs, dʒɪ-, ɡaɪ-) //

妇科,妇科病,妇科疾病,妇产科

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Botany. having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids: Looking for an example of a gynandrous flower, we were directed to a miltonia in full bloom.
    • : Zoology. having both male and female reproductive organs, especially as a normal condition of the species, but occasionally as an abnormality: Gynandrous specimens from these butterfly species are not uncommon.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Such specimens are termed gynandrous examples, and sometimes hermaphrodites.

  • Now and then gynandrous specimens are obtained, the one side normal male and the other side typical female, or var.

  • Gynandrous specimens of this butterfly sometimes occur, but these are very rare.

  • A gynandrous specimen has been recorded, in which the right side is male.

  • Porritt (List of Yorkshire Lepidoptera) mentions two gynandrous specimens.