epigyne

(蜘蛛)雌孔板

发音

/ˈɛpɪd͡ʒaɪn/

词形变化

epigynes 复数 epigynes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The external female sex organ in arachnids.

    生物 动物学

    1996: This [genital] area is inconspicuous in most adult males and in immature females, but in adult females of the majority of species it is modified into a variably shaped, more or less sclerotized structure called the epigyne. — Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins 1996, p. 16)

词源

From modern Latin epigynum, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) + γυνή (gunḗ, “female”).

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