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单词 spanandry
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spanandryn.

/ˈspanandri/
Etymology: < French spanandrie (P. Marchal 1913, in Ann. des Sci. Nat.: Zool. XVIII. 268), < Patristic Greek σπανανδρία scarcity of population, < Greek σπάνις scarcity + ἄνηρ , ἀνδρ- man: see -y suffix3.
Zoology.
Lack or extreme scarcity of males in a population.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > male > lack of males
spanandry1924
1924 Nature 14 June 880/1 A. Vandel: Geographical spanandry in a Branchiopod Crustacean, Lepidarus apus.
1967 Science 28 Apr. 483/3 Polygamy is extreme, but, since this follows from the fact that males are produced in much smaller numbers than females, spanandry seems a better term, and is used here.
1976 Entomol. Meddelelser XLIV. 60 The major types of parthenogenesis: thelytoky, cyclical parthenogenesis,..and spanandry are reviewed.

Derivatives

spaˈnandric adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > family unit > [adjective] > male > lack of males
spanandric1976
1976 Bull. Entomol. Res. 66 179 (heading) The identity of the greenhouse thrips Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Bouché) (Thysanoptera) and the taxonomic significance of spanandric males.
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