Telogonia
plural noun
Telo·go·nia
Definition of Telogonia
in some classifications
: an order of Nematoda comprising forms in which new germ cells originate only at the distal end of the gonad — compare hologonia
telogonic
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Origin and Etymology of telogonia
New Latin, from 2tel- + -gonia (from Greek gonos offspring, procreation, genitals) — more at gon-
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