hypopygial

H4Y4P3O1P3Y4G2I1A1L1

adjective

Relating to a hypopygium

Scrabble 24

Meanings

adjectivehypopygial (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to a hypopygium
    1 more example

    However, diagnostic characters might be unreliable due to intraspecific morphological variation even for this life stage and phenotypic plasticity [38 ] in morphometric ratios and hypopygial structures caused by different temperature regimes and food quality has been observed in several chironomid species [39 ].

    2015 September 26, “Exploring Genetic Divergence in a Species-Rich Insect Genus Using 2790 DNA Barcodes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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