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Definition: Self-fertilization |
Self-fertilizationNoun1. Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "self-fertilization" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1991. (references) |
Synonym: Self-fertilizationSynonym: self-fertilisation (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: cross-fertilization (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Self-fertilization |
| English words defined with "self-fertilization": autogamy ♦ Cleistogamous ♦ Hercogamous. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "self-fertilization"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 自已受精 (self-fertilisation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | selvbefrugtning (autogamy, self-fertilisation, selfing, self-pollination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zelfbevruchting (selfing, self-pollination), zelfbestuiving (autogamy, homogamy, self-fertilisation, self-pollination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | itsesiitos (self-fertilisation, selfing, self-pollination), itsepölytys (autogamy, selfing, self-pollination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fécondation directe (self-fertilisation), autopollinisation (selfing, self-pollination), autogamie (self-fertilisation, self-pollination), autofécondation (self-fertilisation, selfing, self-pollination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Selbstbefruchtung (selfing, self-pollination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αυτογονιμοποίησις,αυτογαμία (self-fertilisation), αυτογονιμοποίηση (selfing, self-pollination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | endogamia (selfing, self-pollination), autogamia (autogamy, selfing, self-pollination), autofecondazione (autogamy, self-fertilisation, selfing, self-pollination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 自家受精 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じかじゅせい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 각자 '부하게 함 (self-fertilisation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | hene-horraghey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elf-fertilizationsay fecundação directa (self-fertilisation), autopolinização (autogamy, selfing, self-pollination), autogamia (autogamy, self-fertilisation, self-pollination), auto-fecundação (self-fertilisation), autofecundação (selfing, self-pollination). (various references) autofecundación (self-fertilisation, selfing, self-pollination). (various references) självbefruktning (self, self-fertilisation, selfing, self-pollination). (various references) самозапліднення, самозапилення (self-pollination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | autofoecundatio. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-f-i-i-i-l-l-n-o-r-s-t-t-z" | |
-3 letters: fertilizations. | |
-4 letters: fertilization, sterilization. | |
-5 letters: frontalities, literalities, orientalizes, zillionaires. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 6C 66 2D 66 65 72 74 69 6C 69 7A 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01101100 01100110 00101101 01100110 01100101 01110010 01110100 01101001 01101100 01101001 01111010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e l f - f e r t i l i z a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 006C 0066 002D 0066 0065 0072 0074 0069 006C 0069 007A 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537178721572718486757875926786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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