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单词 spermatheca
释义 spermatheca|spɜːməˈθiːkə|
Pl. -thecae.
[f. sperma- + theca.]
A receptacle in the oviduct of female insects and invertebrates, in which fecundation of the ova takes place.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlii. IV. 147 n., Perhaps likewise the organ discovered by M. L. Dufour in Scolia..may be a spermatheca.1841T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. 283 The spermatheca has a small accessory vesicle connected with it.1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 206 The female apparatus is completed by two pairs of vesicular spermathecae.
Hence spermaˈthecal a., of or belonging to the spermatheca.
1883Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 658/2 On reaching the point where the spermathecal duct debouches they are impregnated by the spermatozoa.1900Proc. Zool. Soc. June 169 In the region of the spermathecal apertures.
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