adenotrophic

adjective

ad·​e·​no·​troph·​ic

ˌa-də-nˌō-¦trä-fik,

ə-¦de-nə-,

-¦trō-

: marked by retention of eggs within the mother until the larvae are hatched and nourished by special nutritive organs in the uterus

—used of a form of ovoviviparous development in certain dipterous insects

Word History

Etymology

aden- + -trophic

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

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