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spermatophylaxes

spermatophylaxes is the plural of spermatophylax.

Meaning of spermatophylax

Noun

spermatophylax (plural spermatophylaxes)

  1. A nutritive bolus ejected by some male insects during copulation
    • Male decorated crickets Gryllodes sigillatus transfer a spermatophore to the female during copulation that is composed of an edible gift, the spermatophylax, and the ampulla that contains the ejaculate.2015 October 7, “What’s in the Gift? Towards a Molecular Dissection of Nuptial Feeding in a Cricket”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about spermatophylaxes

What is spermatophylaxes the plural of?
Spermatophylaxes is the plural of spermatophylax.

Words near spermatophylaxes in the dictionary

  1. spermatophore
  2. spermatophores
  3. spermatophoric
  4. spermatophorous
  5. spermatophylax
  6. spermatophylaxes
  7. spermatophyte
  8. spermatophytes
  9. spermatophytic
  10. spermatoproteasome
  11. spermatoproteasomes

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