"gonotheca" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gonothecae [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵónh₁os Ancient Greek γόνος (gónos)der. English gono- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi) Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē)bor. Latin thēca English theca English gonotheca From gono- + theca. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|gon-<alt:gono-><id:reproduction>|theca|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵónh₁os Ancient Greek γόνος (gónos)der. English gono- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi) Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē)bor. Latin thēca English theca English gonotheca [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "genitals", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "race", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵenh₁-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "thematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵónh₁os", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "γόνος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "gon-", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to put", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "be putting", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "do", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰeh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰédʰeh₁ti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "τίθημι", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "θήκη", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "thēca", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "theca", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "gonotheca", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="gonotheca"> From gono- + theca. Head templates: {{en-noun|gonothecae}} gonotheca (plural gonothecae)
  1. (biology) The protective covering of a gonangium. Derived forms: gonothecal

Inflected forms

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