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Zoology. Of a hermaphrodite animal: having male reproductive organs that reach maturation before the female organs. Also: of, relating to, or…
Zoology. = protandrous, adj. 2. Also: designating insects in which the emergence of male individuals occurs before the females. Cf. proterogynous…