stylopized

stylopized
\\ˈstīləˌpēzd\ adjective
Etymology: New Latin Stylop-, Stylops + English -ize + -ed
: altered by the presence of a parasitic stylops usually with inhibition of normal sexual development so that an intersexual state results

a stylopized female wasp


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