alimentary castration

noun

Sterility, in certain insects, caused by nutritional deficiency during the larval stage.

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Meanings

nounalimentary castration (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologySterility, in certain insects, caused by nutritional deficiency during the larval stage.
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