Polylecty
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Polylecty is a noun meaning (entomology) The condition of being polylectic.
Meaning
(entomology) The condition of being polylectic.
Example Sentences
The two most basal bee families, Dasypodaidae and Mellitidae, are predominantly composed of pollen specialists, indicating that oligolecty might be the ancestral state in bees[…]. In the western Palaearctic anthidiine bees, several transitions from oligolecty to polylecty were found, but none from polylecty to oligolecty[…].
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include polytoky, polyphylly, polycotyly, polycotyledony, polyzoism, polytype.
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