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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr.

μέροσ

part + [GREEK] an egg.]

(Zool.)

Applied to the ovaries of insects when they secrete vitelligenous cells, as well as ova.

meroistic ‎(not comparable)

(biology) Describing ovaries (especially of insects) that secrete nutritive (yolk) material as well as ova