English Explanatory Dictionary

Needham's sac

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Part of the reproductive tract of cephalopods in which spermatophores are stored, opening into the left side of the mantle cavity.

Word forms

Needham's sac Needham's sacs

Etymology

Named after John Tubervill Needham, who described it in 1745.

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