- pseudofertilization
- \\“+\ noun
Etymology: pseud- + fertilization: a process substituting for normal fertilization (as fusion of egg and polar body in various coccids or pseudogamy in a nematode)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
pseudofertilization
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pseudofertilization — see pseudogamy … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
pseudofertilization — pseu·do·fertilization … English syllables
pseudogamy — n. [Gr. pseudos, false; gamos, marriage] Apomictic parthenogenesis; development of a female gamete after stimulation (without fertilization) by a male gamete; also termed pseudofertilization, pseudomixis, and also gynogenesis … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
