metandry

metandry
n. [Gr. meta, after; aner, male]
(ANNELIDA)
Possessing only the posterior pair of testes; in earthworms, testes restricted to segment xi; metandric a; see proandry, holandry.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • 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 …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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