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androconium

[an-druh-koh-nee-uhm]

noun

plural

androconia 
  1. a scale on the forewing of certain male butterflies from which an odor attractive to females is emitted.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of androconium1

1875–80; < New Latin, equivalent to andro- andro- + -conium < Greek kónion, neuter of kónios dusty ( kóni ( s ) dust + -os adj. suffix)

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