parasitic castration

Japanese: parasitic castration(英語表記)parasiticcastration
parasitic castration

…In the old days, a castrated male horse was called a gelding and a bull was called an enushi.
[Parasitic castration]
Parasitism causes changes in the host's reproductive glands and secondary sexual characteristics, but the degree of change varies, and in many cases the term castration is inappropriate in the true sense of the word. The best known are sacculina castration, which occurs when parasites of the crustacean and long parasites (Cirripedia) parasitize the abdomen of crabs and hermit crabs (Decapoda), and epicalida castration, which occurs when shrimp parasites and crab parasites (Isopoda) parasitize the gills and abdomen of shrimp and crabs (Decapoda).

*Some of the terminology that refers to "parasitic castration" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…なお,古くは去勢された雄ウマを騸(せん),雄ウシを閹(えん)牛と呼んだ。【正田 陽一】
[寄生去勢parasitic castration]
 寄生によって宿主の生殖腺や二次性徴に変化を生じることであるが,その変化の程度はいろいろで,真の意味での去勢の語がむしろ不適当な場合も多い。最もよく知られているのはフクロムシやナガフクロムシ類(甲殻綱蔓脚(まんきやく)類)がカニやヤドカリ類(甲殻綱十脚類)の腹部に寄生して起こるサッキュリナ去勢と,エビヤドリムシやカニヤドリムシ類(甲殻綱等脚類)がエビやカニ類(甲殻綱十脚類)のえらや腹部に寄生して起こるエピカリダ去勢である。…

※「parasitic castration」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Parasilurus lithophilus (English spelling)

>>:  parasitic volcano

Recommend

Decision theory

When individuals or companies try to make decision...

Reducción (English spelling)

A community of indigenous people (Indians) establi...

The Thirty-Three Temples of the Western Provinces

This refers to the 33 sacred sites where people m...

Iconostasion - Ikonostasion

…In Eastern Orthodox churches, a partition separa...

"Hancheng Weekly" - Kanjo Shuho

…After graduating from Keio University in 1882, h...

Wycliffe English Translation of the Bible - Wycliffe English Translation

… [Tatsuya Moriyasu] [Modern translations into va...

Agricultural Structure Improvement Project - nougyoukozoukaizenjigyo

Based on Article 21 of the Basic Agricultural Law...

Acrylic lacquer

...A paint whose main film-forming element is acr...

ICPO Communication Network - ICPO Communication Network

…On the other hand, emergency calls from citizens...

Syntax

〘noun〙 (syntax)⸨syntax⸩① A branch that studies the...

Anago anago (English spelling) Anagoanago

…This species is considered the most delicious of...

Porta Nigra (English spelling)

...It is a huge brick building over 30 meters hig...

Yoshiatsu Satake

1748-1785 A daimyo and painter from the mid-Edo p...

Aohori

A district of Futtsu City in the southwest of Chi...

Tit‐Bits

A British popular weekly newspaper founded in Manc...