missex

present singular third person missexes · participle present missexing · participle past missexed · past missexed

1. To sex incorrectly; to incorrectly determine the sex of.

   The low-dose group consisted of 34 males and 36 females instead of 35 animals of each sex , because of missexing during the initiation of the study.

   1978, National Cancer Institute carcinogenesis technical report series. v. 18, 1978

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   The three specimens from Bangka on which the name minor was based, supposedly two males and a female, had wing-lengths of 66, 67 and 68 mm; one may suspect missexing.

   1986, Zoologische Verhandelingen

   As it is unlikely that Janssens missexed the type I must assume that the specimens were mislabelled. Although I am unwilling to exchange the labels, I accept the studied by me to be the holotype, and accordingly have attached a suitable [indicator].

   1996, Natal Museum (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa), Annals of the Natal Museum

   In the subspecies intermedia and baliensis a similar sexual difference may be assumed, but cannot be established because of insufficient material . In species lacking sexual dimorphism in plumage, some missexing is also to be expected.

   1996, G. F. Mees, Nuttall Ornithological Club, Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club

   Missexing is a very common reason for the failure of two snakes to mate. Double-check the sex of both snakes prior to breeding season. If you are not sure, have them sexed by an experienced herpetoculturist or veterinarian.

   2012, John Rossi, Roxanne Rossi, What's Wrong With My Snake, Fox Chapel Publishing, →ISBN, page 100