androphorous

English

Etymology

From andro- +‎ -phorous.

Adjective

androphorous (not comparable)

1. Having the physical features of a male.
   • 1917, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, page 656:

     The character of the appendage is evidently the most reliable means of distinguishing species, but even this may vary in some instances, so that the number and arrangement of the antheridia and androphorous cells is not always a safe guide.

   • 1957, Desmond Eugene Hurley, Some Amphipoda, Isopoda and Tanaidacea from Cook Strait, page 21:

     The species is probably androphorous, as a number of individuals carry a much smaller individual adhering to the disc, in the same way as Mortensen (1936) has recorded for Astrochlamys bruneus Koehler.

   • 1980, Alan N. Baker, “Euryalinid Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Australia, New Zealand, and the south-west Pacific Ocean”, in New Zealand Journal of Zoology, volume 7, page 32:

     Fell (1958) suggested that A. waitei is androphorous, but examination of specimens carrying smaller ones on the disc—both dorsal and ventral sides—has shown that these are juveniles, not dwarf males (Fig. 8).