Definition of Spermatophores

1. spermatophore [n] - See also: spermatophore

Literary usage of Spermatophores

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1891)
"ALTHOUGH it is well known that spermatophores are of very general ... On the other hand, the planting of spermatophores on the surface of the body at any ..."

2. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The spermatophores.—In some insects the spermatozoa become enveloped in a sac in which they are ... spermatophores have been observed in Gryllidae, ..."

3. A Review of Copepoda Associated with Sea Anemones and Anemone-Like Forms by Arthur Grover Humes (1982)
"... i, spermatophores, attached to female, dorsal (B). Rostrum (Fig. 13f) without well-defined posteroventral border. First antenna (Fig. 13g) 496 /im long. ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"Jacob Reighard discovered what he surmised to be spermatophores of Amblystoma. ... I. OBSERVATIONS A. The spermatophores. The spermatophores look like ..."

5. Anatomy of the Invertebrata by Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1874)
"(2) The spermatophores are evidently formed in the upper glandular portion of the deferent canal, where droplets of sperm are often seen arranged in rows, ..."

6. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1895)
"When charged, the spermatophores pass into what is known as Needham's sac, ... These spermatophores are a very characteristic part of the reproductive ..."

7. Anatomy of the Invertebrata by Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1874)
"The projection of the seminal sacs occurs, most probably, at the moment %vhen, during coition, the spermatophores pass from the penis of the male into the ..."

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