atsugari means A Drosophila phenotype that shows a preference for unusually low temperatures.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, atsugari ranks #7,555 of 21,863 for Qualifying.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 暑がり (atsugari, “one who dislikes hot temperature”), from 暑い (atsui, “hot”) + (verb-)がり (gari, “one who dislikes something”, literally “one often shows expression of something”).
noun
- A Drosophila phenotype that shows a preference for unusually low temperatures.