Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spermatic duct, or spermduct; a male gonaduct or seminal passage; a hollow tubular or vesicular organ in the male, serving to convey or detain sperm or semen.
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Examples
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In the male Amphibia the Mullerian duct only remains as a rudimentary organ without any functional significance, as Rathke's canal (Figure 2.394 c); the Wolffian duct serves also as ureter, but at the same time as spermaduct, the sperm-canals (ve) that proceed from the testicles (t) entering the fore part of the primitive kidneys and combining there with the urinary canals.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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FIGURE 2.400 male (natural size). h testicles, gh conducting ligament of the testicles, wg spermaduct, h bladder, uh inferior vena cava, nn accessory kidneys, n kidneys.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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In all the Gnathostomes the Wolffian duct is converted into the spermaduct, and the Mullerian duct into the oviduct.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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