gynecophoric, gynæcophoric (jinekoforik)

[As gynecophore, gynæcophore, + -ic.] In zoöl., pertaining to or of the nature of a gynecophore: applied to the canal of the male in certain Entozoa, as Bilharzia, in which the fe male lodges ges during during copulation. copulation. gynecophorous, gynecophorous (jin-e-kof'o rus), a. [As gynecophore, Bearing the female; containing the female: as, gynecophore, gynæcophore, + -ous.] a gynecophorous worm; a gynecophorous canal. See gynecophore . Gynobase. Section of Gynæcium of Borage, enlarged, showing gynobase ( a ) base.] In bot., a short coni bearing the carpels and cal or flat elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynæcium. gynobasic (jin-o-bā'sik), a. [ gynocracy (ji-nok'ra-si), n. racy. Same as gyneсос The aforesaid state has repeatedly changed from absolute despotism to republicanism, not forgetting the intermediate stages of oligarchy, limited monarchy, and even gynocracy; for I myself remember Alsatia governed for nearly nine months by an old fish-woman. Scott, Fortunes of Nigel, xvii.