agamic

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Budding: applied to that form of agamic reproduction found in plant lice.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Stem-mother: in plant lice; that form hatching from the winter egg, which starts a series of agamic summer generations.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Common apple aphis showing a winged and wingless agamic summer forms at a and c, one with wing pads formed at b, and a recently born young at d.

From An Elementary Study of Insects by Haseman, Leonard

These institutions may perhaps come to be training stations of a new-old type, the agamic or even agenic woman, be she nut, maid—old or young—nun, school-teacher, or bachelor woman.

From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley

Pseudovary: the organ or mass of germ cells of an agamic insect.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.