Heterogynous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heterogynous \Het`er*og"y*nous\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. ? a woman,
     female.] (Zool.)
     Having females very unlike the males in form and structure;
     -- as certain insects, the males of which are winged, and the
     females wingless.
     [1913 Webster]