nutricial
/njuːˈtrɪʃl/Entomology. Now rare or historical
adjective
Of or relating to the rearing of larvae by social insects; specifically in nutricial castration, the inhibition of sexual development in workers (especially worker wasps) employed in this task.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in William Morton Wheeler (1865–1937). From classical Latin nūtrīc-, nūtrīx nurse + -ial, after French nutricial.