heterogynous

/HH EH0 T ER0 AH0 JH AH0 N AH0 S/
adjective
  1. 1

    (zoology) Having females very unlike the males in form and structure.

  2. 2

    (zoology) Having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants or bees.

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