Definition of Protogynous. Meaning of Protogynous. Synonyms of Protogynous

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Definition of Protogynous

Protogynous
Protogynous Pro*tog"y*nous, a. [Proto + Gr. gynh` a woman.] (Bot.) Same as Proterogynous.

Meaning of Protogynous from wikipedia

- to male (protogyny or protogynous hermaphroditism), and bidirectional (serial or bidirectional hermaphroditism). Both protogynous and protandrous hermaphroditism...
- caution and not to hand feed them. Like most groupers, giant groupers are protogynous hermaphrodites. They spawn on a lunar cycle, with spawns lasting about...
- Cuvier, 1829 Suttonia J.L.B. Smith, 1953 Groupers are mostly monandric protogynous hermaphrodites, i.e., they mature only as females and can change ****...
- water, with girdling vascular bundles in receptacle. Some species are protogynous and primarily cross-pollinated, but because male and female stages overlap...
- producing pollen when the stigmas are not receptive, either protandrous or protogynous. This promotes outcrossing by limiting self-pollination. Some dichogamous...
- fishes, sea urchins and ophiuroids, polychaetes, and gastropods. It is a protogynous hermaphrodite. These fish form leks while breeding. In North Carolina...
- hermaphrodite, meaning it changes **** during different life stages; it is a protogynous, "first female" hermaphrodite; juvenile hogfish start out as female and...
- of an individual, and the mating system within which it operates. In protogynous mating systems where males dominate mating with many females, size plays...
- and later changing ****, and some Anthuroideans are the reverse, being protogynous hermaphrodites that are born female. Some Gnathiidans males are sessile...
- rocky s****s, where they live close to the substrate. Most labrids are protogynous hermaphrodites within a haremic mating system. A good example of this...