meroistic
/ˌmɛrəʊˈɪstɪk/Chiefly Entomology
adjective
Designating or relating to an ovary or ovariole which produces nurse cells as well as ova. Contrasted with panoistic.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Huxley (1825–1895), biologist and science educationist. From German meroistisch from mero- + o- + -istisch.