androconiumn.

/ændrəʊˈkəʊnɪəm/

Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek ἀνδρο- male + κονία dust.

Zool.

Usu. in pl. androconia, scales on the wings of certain male Lepidoptera from which the attractive scent of the male is diffused; = plumule n. 3(b).

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androconium1877

plumule1890

1877 S. H. Scudder in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. XII. 157 These peculiar scales [on a male butterfly], or androconia, as they may be called in reference to their masculine nature, were first noticed by Bernard Deschamps... Deschamps called them plumules.

1957 E. B. Ford Butterflies (ed. 3) v. 96 The attractive scent of the male is scattered by the androconia, usually situated on the upper side of the fore-wings.

Derivatives

androˈconial adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Lepidoptera or butterflies and moths > [adjective] > of parts > of or relating to androconia

androconial1914

1914 T. B. Fletcher Some Indian Insects v. 49 The flocculent yellow androconial hairs which line the interior of the pocket and which doubtless emit a smell attractive to the female.

1937 Nature 13 Feb. 265/2 The androconial scale and its development in the genus Erebia.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online November 2010).

单词	androconium
释义	androconiumn. /ændrəʊˈkəʊnɪəm/ Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek ἀνδρο- male + κονία dust. Zool. Usu. in pl. androconia, scales on the wings of certain male Lepidoptera from which the attractive scent of the male is diffused; = plumule n. 3(b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Lepidoptera or butterflies and moths > [noun] > parts of > androconia or plumule androconium1877 plumule1890 1877 S. H. Scudder in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. XII. 157 These peculiar scales [on a male butterfly], or androconia, as they may be called in reference to their masculine nature, were first noticed by Bernard Deschamps... Deschamps called them plumules. 1957 E. B. Ford Butterflies (ed. 3) v. 96 The attractive scent of the male is scattered by the androconia, usually situated on the upper side of the fore-wings. Derivatives androˈconial adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Lepidoptera or butterflies and moths > [adjective] > of parts > of or relating to androconia androconial1914 1914 T. B. Fletcher Some Indian Insects v. 49 The flocculent yellow androconial hairs which line the interior of the pocket and which doubtless emit a smell attractive to the female. 1937 Nature 13 Feb. 265/2 The androconial scale and its development in the genus Erebia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < n.1877
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