HETEROGONY


Meaning of HETEROGONY in English

/het'euh rog"euh nee/ , n. Biol.

1. the alternation of dioecious and hermaphroditic individuals in successive generations, as in certain nematodes.

2. the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.

[ 1865-70; HETERO- + -GONY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .