Meaning of hemigynous | Babel Free

Definitions

Having characteristics of both male and female of the species but the sexual organs for one gender only.

not-comparable, obsolete

Examples

“Since the above was written, I find that the hemigynous insects require a more careful examination than I had found leisure to bestow on them, […]”

“Hemigynous Specimen of Acronycta leporina.”

“The female characters may be assumed on the head (gynaecocephalous), afterwards on the thorax (hemigynous), and finally on the elytra.”

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