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Meaning of spermatophylax | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A nutritive bolus ejected by some male insects during copulation

Examples

“Male decorated crickets Gryllodes sigillatus transfer a spermatophore to the female during copulation that is composed of an edible gift, the spermatophylax, and the ampulla that contains the ejaculate.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

spermatophylaxes Spermatophyte spermatoproteasome spermatorrhœa spermatospore spermatostyle