gyno-, gyn-, gynaeco-, gyneco-, gyne-, -gynia, -gynic, gynec-, -gynist, -gynous, -gyny +
(Greek: woman, women, female, females; not masculine, male, man, or men)
Many of the words from these Greek elements refer to botanic or other biological nomenclature.
philogynous, philogyny
A special fondness (love) of women.
phthisogyne
A female pupal ant which has wasted away through the attack of a parasite.
phytoproterogynous
Having the styles of a flower mature before the pollen ripens.
pleurogynous
In botany, a reference to stamens or petals when inserted on the sides of the ovary.
polygynous
1. In botany, having many pistils, styles, or stigmas; specifically belonging to the order Polygynia.
2. Having more than one wife or having several wives (or concubines); practicing, pertaining to, or involving polygyny.
3. In zoology, a reference to a male animal that has several female mates; characterized by polygyny, as a species.
polygyny
1. The practice of having many female mates.
2. The mating of a single male with several females.
3. The presence of many queens within a single colony of social insects.
progynous
The condition of a hermaphrodite in which the female portions mature first.
proterogynous
1. In botany, having the pistil or female organ mature before the stamens or male organs.
2. In zoology, of a hermaphrodite animal, or a colony of zooids: Having the female organs, or individuals, sexually mature before the male.
protogyne
The male-like female that distinguishes one of the alternate generations of those trombidiformacarines (a group that contains the free-living water mites, as well as numerous plant and animal parasites, including the chiggers).
protogynous, protogyny
1. In botany, having the pistil or female organ mature before the stamens or male organs.
2. Frequently used as synonymous with progynous, but it is also used to describe the condition of being a hermaphrodite that is first female and later becomes a male.
pseudogyne
A parthenogenetic female, particularly in insects.
pseudogynecomastia
Enlargement of the male breast by an excess of adipose tissue without any increase in breast tissue.
pseudogyny, pseudogynous
Use of a feminine name as a pseudonym; especially, by a male.
spanogyny
1. A scarcity of women as in a given region.
2. A location or situation that is characterized by a scarcity of women.
3. The disappearance of mosquito colonies, which require blood meals, when their only source of food is plants.
syngyngia
A group of females living together.
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Related "woman, female" units:
anilo-;
fem-;
mulie-;
virgo-.
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