"physogastry" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "2000, Arthur V. Evans, An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles, page 64",
          "text": "One of the most bizarre modifications of the beetle abdomen is known as physogastry. Physogastry is a condition in which the abdomen is enlarged. usually through increased growth of the connective membranes, expansion of the internal fat bodies, and subsequent secondary sclerotization of the abdominal sclerites.",
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          "ref": "2014, Y. Abe, Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology, page 337",
          "text": "The development of queen physogastry is considered to mark the end of the founding stage. It is often difficult to determine the time required for a queen to become physogastric in termite colonies.",
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          "ref": "2015, William Morton Wheeler, The Social Insects: Their Origin and Evolution, page 266",
          "text": "The most striking characteristic of many termitophiles is physogastry, or the excessive enlargement of the abdomen, which closely resembles that of the hosts and especially that of the old queens.",
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        "(entomology) An enlargement of the abdomen in certain insects, especially in termite queens."
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