protogyny

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Meaning

1. noun The condition in which an organism begins life as a female and then changes into a male.
2. noun The condition of flowers whose female parts mature before the male ones.
3. noun The emergence of females before males from dormancy, or more rapid development of female brood leading to their appearance earlier in a season.
4. noun The arrival of females before males at a mating site.

Similar words

protandry proterogyny dichogamy progenesis anthogenesis pseudogamy neofemale neomale merogamy feminization

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