| 单词 |
fundatrix |
| 释义 |
fundatrix|fʌnˈdeɪtrɪks|
[mod.L. fundātrix, fem. of L. fundātor, agent-n. f. fundāre: see found v.2]
†1. Obs.= foundress1.
1549Ridley in Bradford's Wks. (1853) II. 371 The fundatrix purpose was wondrous godly, her fact was godly.
2. Ent. The founding female of a colony of aphids, which produces young parthenogenetically.
[1875G. B. Buckton Monogr. Brit. Aphides I. 76 This hibernation of the foundress of a colony..is somewhat exceptional.] 1907W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry (ed. 2) IV. 362 The wingless parthenogenetic {female}, stem-mother or fundatrix, hibernates alone on spruce buds. 1923H. M. Lefroy Entomol. 272 These first females are known as fundatrices, or stem-mothers. 1936Forestry X. 134 A primary [host], on which the fundatrix vera or foundress,..and the gallicolae or gall-dwellers are reared. 1952Essig & Abernathy Aphid Genus Periphyllus 41 The mature fundatrix is wingless, small, dark brown. 1971Nature 2 July 14/1 Each fertilized female..lays one egg which later hatches to give the fundatrix—the first wingless female of the cycle. |
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