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Definition of Atokous
1. a. Producing only asexual individuals, as the eggs of certain annelids.
Definition of Atokous
1. Adjective. (zoology) Producing only asexual individuals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Atokous
1. atokal [adj] - See also: atokal
Medical Definition of Atokous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Atokous
Literary usage of Atokous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Evolution of Sex by Patrick Geddes, John Arthur Thomson (1908)
"... and differ markedly from the non-reproductive (atokous) segments; but
reproduction (usually fatal) occurs without any separation of the ..."
2. Collected Reprints, 1896-1915 by Frank Rattray Lillie (1896)
"The present indications are that 'the worms either do not mature in the atokous
condition, or, if they do so, that it is at an earlier time of year than our ..."
3. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1906)
"... described the atokous form only. I have identified these specimens, all of
which were in the ..."
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