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germary

germary noun: an organ that produces germ cells (sperm or eggs).

Noun

germary (plural germaries)

  1. An organ that produces germ cells (sperm or eggs).
    • In Asplanchnaceae, the germary is median, continuous at the distal end with the middle of the transverse horesshoe-shaped vitellary. In Bdelloidaceae and Seisonaceae the whole organ is paired, the germary proximal, the vitellary next the cloaca.1911, The Encyclopaedia Britannica, page 762
    • The female apparatus consists of two germaries—uncertain if quite separated or united in the middle as in Promescosforma marmoratum (Luther 1943, figg. 15-16) — and two vitellaries (branched or not?).1948, Paul Lassenius Kramp, Medusae: Collected by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-03, page 41

Forms of germary

pluralgermaries

Origin of germary

From germ + -ary.

Questions about germary

What does germary mean?
Germary means an organ that produces germ cells (sperm or eggs).
What part of speech is germary?
Germary is a noun.
What is the plural of germary?
The plural of germary is germaries.

Words near germary in the dictionary

  1. germaria
  2. germarial
  3. germaries
  4. germarium
  5. germariums
  6. germary
  7. germband
  8. germbands
  9. germectomies
  10. germectomy
  11. germed

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