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Meaning of epigyne | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈɛpɪd͡ʒaɪn/

Definitions

The external female sex organ in arachnids.

Examples

“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)”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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