spermatheca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small sac within the reproductive tract of some female invertebrates, such as insects, which stores sperm until it is used to fertilize the ova.

Pronunciation

/ˌspɜːməˈθiːkə/

Word forms

spermatheca spermathecas spermathecae

Etymology

From sperma- + theca.

Derived words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.