neoteinic
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neoteinic — ne·o·tei·nic … English syllables
neoteinic — Pertaining to a prolonged adolescence … Grandiloquent dictionary
apterous neoteinic — see ergatoid reproductive … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
brachypterous neoteinic — see nymphoid reproductive … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
neote(i)nic — adj. or n. [Gr. neos, new; teinein, to extend] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Isoptera, a supplementary reproductive in a colony that may retain some juvenile characters; the word is used both as a noun and adjective (a neoteinic or neoteinic… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
nymphoid reproductive — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A neoteinic reproductive with wing buds; a second form reproductive; secondary reproductive; a brachypterous neoteinic … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
