Meroistic

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

  Meroistic \Mer`o*is"tic\, a. [Gr. me`ros part + ? an egg.]
     (Zool.)
     Applied to the ovaries of insects when they secrete
     vitelligenous cells, as well as ova.
     [1913 Webster]