adultoidn.adj.
/ˈadʌltɔɪd/, /əˈdʌltɔɪd/, U.S. /əˈdəltɔɪd/, /ˈædəlˌtɔɪd/ Entomology.
A. n.
An insect that has many features of an adult form but is not a typical imago.
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1946 B. Scharrar in Endocrinology 38 36 The resulting insects are smaller than normal adults. As they exhibit adult-like characters to a greater or less degree, they are called in this paper ‘adultoids’.
1969 K. Krishna & F. M. Weesner Biol. Termites I. x. 329 In Termes hospes the replacement reproductives may be adultoids or ergatoids.
1995 G. W. Bennett & B. L. Reid in M. K. Rust et al. Understanding & controlling German Cockroach xi. 275 While adultoids do respond normally in courtship, most are not able to copulate successfully.
B. adj.
Designating or characteristic of such an insect.
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1946 B. Scharrar in Endocrinology 38 42 A minimum of 16 days is still sufficient to change the character of an insect from nymphal to adultoid.
1970 Nature 11 July 190/2 In one specimen we have found an ‘adultoid’ male within an atypical third stage male larva.
2002 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 71 1037/2 Adultoid (imago replacement) queens may be an exception to this typical relationship between fecundity and age in termites.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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