- adultoid
- adult·oid
English syllables. 2014.
adultoid
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adultoid — adj. [L. adultus, grown up; Gr. eidos, shape] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A nymph having imaginal characters more developed than in the normal nymphs … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
adultoid — əˈdəlˌtȯid noun ( s) biology : an immature individual that resembles an adult … Useful english dictionary
adultoid reproductive — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In higher termites, a replacement reproductive following the disappearance of the primary reproductive, that is an imaginal already present, or a nymph reared to an imago stage and morphologically indistinguishable from the… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
primary reproductive — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Isoptera, the queen or male termite derived from winged adults, that establish a colony; see adultoid reproductive, nymphoid reproductive, ergatoid reproductive … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
supplementary reproductive — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Isoptera, a queen or male, in the form of adultoid, nymphoid or ergatoid, that take over as a functional reproductive after the removal of the primary reproductive of the same sex … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
