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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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840Maggenti and Gardnerspermatozeugma n. [Gr. sperma, seed; zeugma, join] Unitedby fusion <strong>of</strong> two or more spermatozoa.spermatozoon n.; pl. -zoa [Gr. sperma, seed; zoon, animal]The matured and functional male sperm cell.sperm bladders/bulbs see spermatangiumsperm cell A small, usually motile gamete.sperm conceptacles (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Hemiptera, pairedenlargements <strong>of</strong> the wall <strong>of</strong> the common oviduct <strong>of</strong> femaleCimicidae.sperm cyst (ARTHRO: Insecta) A cellular capsule within thetestis containing the spermatocytes.sperm duct (ANN) Ducts or tubes conveying sperm from themale funnels towards the exterior. see spermaduct, vasdeferens.spermiducal glands 1. Glands associated with the spermducts <strong>of</strong> many invertebrates. 2. (ANN) see prostateglands.spermiducts n.pl [Gr. sperma, seed; L. ducere, to lead] Themale gonoducts; spermaducts; spermoducts; vas deferens;sperm ducts.sperm induction (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) In Arachnida, the passage<strong>of</strong> spermatozoa from the genital orifice beneath thebase <strong>of</strong> the abdomen into the receptacle in the malepalpus.spermiogenesis n. [Gr. sperma, seed; genesis, beginning]The formation <strong>of</strong> spermatozoa from the spermatids producedduring the meiotic divisions <strong>of</strong> spermatocytes; spermateleosis.spermoduct see sperm ductspermora n. [Gr. sperma, seed; L. os, mouth] (ARTHRO: Insecta)In Isoptera, the external opening <strong>of</strong> the spermathecalduct.sperm sacs 1. (ANN) Seminal vesicles or testis sacs or spermathecae.2. (MOLL: Cephalopoda) see spermatangium.sperm web (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) In Arachnida, a web onwhich male spiders deposit the semen before taking it into

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