| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb arrenotokously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (arrenotokously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective arrenotokous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ARRENOTOKOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Arrenotokous \Ar`re*not"o*kous\, adjective. [Greek expression bearing males; a male bringing forth.]. (references) |
