gynecophore
gynecophore is the alternative form of gynæcophore.
Meaning of gynæcophore
Noun
gynæcophore (plural gynæcophores)
- Receptacle in the bodies of certain male animals (such as schistosomes) in which females may be contained.
- Diœcious Trematodes are very rare, the most important being the formidable Bilharzia, the male of which is the larger and retains the female in a gyncæcophore, or canal, which is formed by the infolding of the margins of the concave side of the body.1877, Thomas Henry Huxley, A manual of the anatomy of invertebrated animals, page 202
Forms of gynecophore
| plural | gynecophores |
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Questions about gynecophore
- What is gynecophore the alternative form of?
- Gynecophore is the alternative form of gynæcophore.
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