acrotrophic

adjective

ac·​ro·​troph·​ic

¦a-krō-¦trä-fik,

-¦trō-

: having nutritive cells grouped at the apex of the follicular tube

—used of the ovariole of certain insects compare polytrophic

Word History

Etymology

acr- + -trophic

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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