merogonicadj.
/ˌmɛrəˈɡɒnɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛrəˈɡɑnɪk/ Biology.
Of, relating to, or produced by merogony (in either sense).
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1899 Nature 2 Nov. 24/1 On merogonic impregnation and its results.
1928 E. B. Wilson Cell (ed. 3) v. 466 Merogonic embryos or larvæ are remarkable for the fact that their cytoplasm is of maternal origin, their nuclei..of paternal.
1957 Encycl. Brit. IX. 190/2 These merogonic eggs have, like the parthenogenetic eggs, only one set of chromosomes, but in this case, it is the paternal set.
1979 Jrnl. Protozool. 26 444 During this merogonic cycle, the number of diplokaryotic cells greatly increases and the infection is spread throughout the body of the larval host.
1999 Jrnl. Fish Dis. 22 101/2 The final merogonic stages are rounded plasmodia, about 5 μm in length, which divide by plasmotomy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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