gonochorist

noun

gon·​o·​cho·​rist

¦gänə¦kōrə̇st

plural -s

: a dioecious individual or race

especially : one in which sex is determined by developmental rather than hereditary mechanisms

gonochoristic

¦gänəkō¦ristik

adjective

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary gon- + -chorist (from Greek chōristos separable, from chōrizein to separate) originally formed in German

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