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- noun Plural form of
spermatheca .
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Examples
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The male drops a spermatophore (a packet of sperm) that the female picks and stores in spermathecae until needed.
Arthropoda 2007
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Two pairs of spermathecae -- spherical pouches without diverticulae -- in segments 8 and 9.
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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He will then intertwine with her and that is when he passes the spermatophores to her spermathecae.
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Why didn't you open the opisthosoma to show off the book lungs and spermathecae?
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[7] Another way that Millipedes can mate is the male will leave his spermatophores on the ground uncovered and the female will then find it and store it with her spermathecae.
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[7] Another way that Millipedes can mate is the male will leave his spermatophores on the ground uncovered and the female will then find it and store it with her spermathecae.
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Why didn't you open the opisthosoma to show off the book lungs and spermathecae?
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Why didn't you open the opisthosoma to show off the book lungs and spermathecae?
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Why didn't you open the opisthosoma to show off the book lungs and spermathecae?
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Why didn't you open the opisthosoma to show off the book lungs and spermathecae?
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