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merogony

me·rog·o·ny
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [muh-rog-uh-nee]
    • /məˈrɒg ə ni/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [muh-rog-uh-nee]
    • /məˈrɒg ə ni/

Definitions of merogony word

  • noun merogony the development of an embryo from egg fragments lacking the egg nucleus but having an introduced male nucleus. 1
  • noun merogony the development of an embryo from part of the ovum 0
  • noun merogony asexual reproduction in protozoans that is characterized by multiple fission 0

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Origin of merogony

First appearance:

before 1899
One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1899; mero- + -gony

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Parts of speech for Merogony

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

merogony popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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