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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
-gynous, 
  1. a combining form with the meanings "of women,'' "of females,'' "having pistils or analogous organs,'' as specified by the initial elements:androgynous.
  • Greek -gynos. See gyno-, -ous

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
-gynous adj combining form
  1. of or relating to women or females: androgynous, misogynous
  2. relating to female organs: epigynous
Etymology: from New Latin -gynus, from Greek -gunos, from gunē woman-gyny n combining form
'-gynous' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acrogynous - epigynous - epigynum - gymnogynous - -gyny - heterogynous - hypogynous - perigynous

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