- nutricial castration
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
nutricial castration
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nutricial — (ˈ)n(y)ü.|trishəl adjective Etymology: Latin nutricius, nutritius nourishing, nursing + English al more at nutritious : of or relating to nursing or rearing nutricial castration in worker bees … Useful english dictionary
phasic castration — Pertaining to individuals in which the gonads are inhibited in development due to seasonal or ontogenetic conditions; see alimentary castration, nutricial castration … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
alimentary castration — Pertaining to an individual deprived of sufficient nourishment in the larval form leading to suppression of gonadal development; see nutricial castration … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
