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androconium

American  
[an-druh-koh-nee-uhm] / ˌæn drəˈkoʊ ni əm /

noun

PLURAL

androconia

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

Etymology

Origin of androconium

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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