Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Secreting not only ova, but also vitelligenous cells: applied to the ovaries of insects. See panoistic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Applied to the ovaries of insects when they secrete vitelligenous cells, as well as ova.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective biology Describing ovaries (especially of insects) that secrete nutritive (yolk) material as well as ova

Etymologies

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mero- + -istic

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