n
The condition of being actinomorphic.
adj
(botany) That reproduces asexually.
adj
(biology) Having no visible sex organs; asexual or cryptogamous.
n
(zoology) A form of mimicry in which predators, parasites, or parasitoids share similar signals, using a harmless model, allowing them to avoid being correctly identified by their prey or host.
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(biology) Relating to both parents.
adj
(botany) Both homothallic and heterothallic
n
(entomology) The condition, found in many insects, where a gravid female has to feed before oviposition (egg laying), in order for the eggs to mature. This is particularly important in insects that are considered vectors (e.g. mosquitos), as without the necessary feeding, no eggs will be produced.
adj
(botany) That reproduces via anemogamy.
n
A form of sexual bonding involving partners of unusually widely differing ages.
n
The presence, or the formation, of antra
n
(botany) Asexual reproduction of a fully formed plant directly from a bud.
n
(botany) Plant reproduction without fertilization.
adj
Alternative form of arrhenotokous [(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.]
adj
(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
n
dissemination of an insecticide by introducing it into insects which are then released into the environment
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of an autozooid
adj
(botany) Of gametophytes: producing both eggs and sperm.
adj
Exhibiting chasmogamy.
adj
Alternative form of cleistogamous [(botany) Pertaining to cleistogamy.]
n
Alternative form of cleistogamy [(botany) The production of flowers which do not open and are self-fertilized in the bud.]
n
(biology) Synonym of coenobium
n
Alternative form of coenobium [(biology) An arranged colony of algae that acts as a single organism; coenobe]
adj
(botany) Relating to cryptovivipary
adj
(biology, of a cell, tissue culture etc) Having a precise and well-formed limit or boundary.
adj
Alternative spelling of dioecious [(botany) Having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants (of the same species) rather than different parts of the same plant.]
adj
Of or pertaining to entophytes.
n
(usually) In a nonparasitic way, using an animal's skin as a microhabitat.
adj
Alternative form of euryokous [Exhibiting or relating to euroky; euryoecious.]
adj
Exhibiting or relating to euroky; euryoecious.
adj
(biology) That reproduces by means of buds (gemmae).
n
(biology, of a flower) The presence of two structures that exhibit male and female characteristics at different times (within the same flower)
adj
(biology) involving heterogametes in the reproductive process
adj
(biology) Relating to heterospermy
n
(botany) The condition of being heterothallic
adj
Relating to the hydrozoa.
n
(biology, dated) A single-celled organism.
adj
Of or pertaining to the Monera.
adj
Grown in the presence of a single other species
n
(biology) The state of having both male and female sex organs; hermaphrodism.
adj
Modified by introduction of a single type of intestinal fauna
adj
Relating to a single miracidium
adj
(biology) Composed of, or derived from, a single species of plant
adj
Involving a single sperm cell
adj
Of or relating to the goddess Nemesis.
n
(taxonomy) Any taxonomic classification of egg fossils
n
Synonym of panspermatism
adj
Obsolete form of paroecious. [(bryology) Having the male and female reproductive organs in close proximity.]
n
Alternative form of phenogam [(botany, now rare) Phanerogam; spermatophyte.]
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of a phallophoria
adj
Relating to, or composed of multiple types of alga
adj
(biology, of a parasite) That lives on several types of host
adj
(botany) Polyembryonate.
adj
(biology) Exhibiting protandry.
adj
Alternative form of protandrous [(biology) Exhibiting protandry.]
adj
Of or relating to protozoonosis.
n
(biology) The process by which an insect (such as a bee) attempts to mate with a flower (such as an orchid) that mimics a female insect, and in doing so pollinates the plant.
n
(botany) a type of agamospermy in which the endosperm is fertilized but the embryo is not.
n
An agamic or asexual female of certain insect species, such as plant-lice, that reproduce by parthenogenesis.
n
(biology) The development of plantlets from vegetative buds
n
Alternative form of semaphoront [(biology, rare) An organism as seen in a specific time, as the object of identification or basis for systematics.]
adj
Of or relating to seed or semen.
adj
Of or relating to seed; seminal.
adj
Relating to sexodimorphism
adj
Of or pertaining to taxidermy
adj
That produces female offspring (only)
adj
(biology) Formed as a result of feeding
n
(biology) A form of plant reproduction in which male gametes swim towards the female gametes in a pool of water
adj
Of or pertaining to zoogamy.
adj
(botany) Describing fertilisation that involves at least one gamete that is motile (as in animals)
adj
Being or pertaining to a zooparasite.
adj
Of or pertaining to zootoxins.
n
Alternative spelling of zoogamy [(zoology) The sexual reproduction of animals.]
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