- castration nutriciale
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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)In Hymenoptera, the condition of undeveloped gonads in young adult females due to devoting itself to nursing larval forms instead of herself taking on the nutrition necessary for the reproductive form; see alimentary castration.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.