holandry

holandry
n. [Gr. holos, whole; aner, male]
1. The condition of bearing the normal number of testes.
2. (ANNELIDA: Oligochaeta)
Earthworms with two pair of testes, one pair in segment x and another pair in segment xi; see proandry, metandry.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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