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.
- put (or have) the wind up
- put (or lay) one's cards on the table
- put (or lay) one's head (or neck) on the block
- put (or lay) on jam
- put (or place) a premium on
- put (or place) someone on a pedestal
- put (or set) one's hand to the plough
- put (or set) one's house in order
- put (or set) pen to paper
- put (or set) someone right
- put (or set) something to rights
- put (or set) spurs to
- put (or set) the cat among the pigeons
- put (or set) the record straight
- put (or set) the seal on
- put (or stick) one's oar in
- put (or throw) someone off the scent
- put out
- put out to grass
- put (out) to sea
- put paid to
- put-put
- putrefacient
- putrefact
- putrefacted