Meaning of gynæcophore | Babel Free

Definitions

Receptacle in the bodies of certain male animals (such as schistosomes) in which females may be contained.

Examples

“Diœcious Trematodes are very rare, the most important being the formidable Bilharzia, the male of which is the larger and retains the female in a gyncæcophore, or canal, which is formed by the infolding of the margins of the concave side of the body.”

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