xenoparous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to a reproductive strategy in which a female produces offspring of a different species without a process of hybridization.

Pronunciation

/ˈzɛn.əpərəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-xenoparous.wav

Word forms

xenoparous

Etymology

From Latin xeno- (“strangeness”) + pariō (“give birth, produce, bring forth”), equivalent to xeno- + -parous. Coined by Yannick Juvé and colleagues in 2025.

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