arrhenotokous

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adjective

Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.

“Certain wasps and bees are arrhenotokous.”

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Meanings

adjectivearrhenotokous (not comparable)

alternative arrenotokous

  1. not comparablebiologyRelating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.

    Certain wasps and bees are arrhenotokous.

    1 more example

    In scale insects no examples of cyclic parthenogenesis are known and parthenogenesis can be thelytokous, deuterotokous or arrhenotokous.

    2015 July 9, Ilya A. Gavrilov-Zimin, Andrey V. Stekolshchikov, D.C. Gautam, “General trends of chromosomal evolution in Aphidococca (Insecta, Homoptera, Aphidinea + Coccinea)”, in Comparative Cytogenetics, volume 9, →DOI

Origin

From arrhenotoky + -ous.

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Translations

French arrhénotoque
  • arrhénotoqueTranslations
Portuguese arrenótoco
  • arrenótocoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

arrhenotokous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrhenotokous

MLA

“arrhenotokous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrhenotokous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arrhenotokous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrhenotokous.

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