Epitoky
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Epitoky is a noun meaning (biology) A form of reproduction in some polychaete annelids in which the worms undergo a partial or complete transformation into an epitoke, a pelagic morph capable of sexual reproduction.
Meaning
(biology) A form of reproduction in some polychaete annelids in which the worms undergo a partial or complete transformation into an epitoke, a pelagic morph capable of sexual reproduction.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include architomy, epitypification, epibionty, neosomy, merogony, thelytoky.
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