单词 | remigrant |
释义 | remigrant/ˈrɛmɪɡr(ə)nt/noun 1 Entomology. In aphids and other plant lice: a female of a winged parthenogenetic generation (sexuparae) that returns to the primary plant host in the autumn. 2 Zoology. In vertebrates, especially sea turtles: an individual that migrates back to a site where it has bred in previous seasons. OriginEarly 20th century; earliest use found in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. From re- + migrant, originally after scientific Latin remigrantes, plural. In later use probably partly also after remigrate. |
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