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Meaning of "spermatheca" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPERMATHECA

See sperm1, theca.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SPERMATHECA

spermatheca  [ˌspɜːməˈθiːkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPERMATHECA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spermatheca is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPERMATHECA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

spermatheca

Spermatheca

The spermatheca, also called receptaculum seminis, is an organ of the female reproductive tract in insects, some molluscs, oligochaeta worms and certain other invertebrates and vertebrates. Its purpose is to receive and store sperm from the male or, in the case of hermaphrodites, the male component of the body, and can sometimes be the site of fertilization when the oocytes are sufficiently developed. Some species of animal have multiple spermathecae. For example, certain species of earthworms have four pair of spermathecae—one pair each in the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th segments. The spermathecae receive and store the spermatozoa of another earthworm during copulation. They are lined with epithelium and are variable in shape: some are thin, heavily coiled tubes, while others are vague outpocketings from the main reproductive tract. It is one of the many variations in sexual reproduction. An apiculturist may examine the spermatheca of a queen bee to find out whether it has received sperm from a male.

Definition of spermatheca in the English dictionary

The definition of spermatheca in the dictionary is a sac or cavity within the body of many female invertebrates, esp insects, used for storing spermatozoa before fertilization takes place.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPERMATHECA


bibliotheca
ˌbɪblɪəʊˈθiːkə
chica
ˈtʃiːkə
Dominica
ˌdɒmɪˈniːkə
epitheca
ˌɛpɪˈθiːkə
eureka
jʊˈriːkə
glyptotheca
ˌɡlɪptəʊˈθiːkə
hydrotheca
ˌhaɪdrəˈθiːkə
hypotheca
ˌhaɪpəʊˈθiːkə
loudspeaker
ˌlaʊdˈspiːkə
ootheca
ˌəʊəˈθiːkə
pinacotheca
ˌpɪnəkəʊˈθiːkə
rhamphotheca
ˌræmfəˈθiːkə
rhinotheca
ˌraɪnəʊˈθiːkə
seeker
ˈsiːkə
sneaker
ˈsniːkə
speaker
ˈspiːkə
spermatotheca
ˌspɜːmətəʊˈθiːkə
theca
ˈθiːkə
tika
ˈtiːkə
Topeka
təˈpiːkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPERMATHECA

spermary
spermathecal
spermatia
spermatial
spermatic
spermatic cord
spermatic fluid
spermatical
spermatically
spermatid
spermatium
spermatoblast
spermatoblastic
spermatocele
spermatocidal
spermatocide
spermatocyte
spermatogeneses
spermatogenesis
spermatogenetic

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPERMATHECA

Africa
America
areca
ca
caeca
ceca
circa
coca
Costa Rica
Fonseca
Gulf of Fonseca
Huesca
Jamaica
Luca
North America
Rebecca
Seneca
South Africa
South America
veronica

Synonyms and antonyms of spermatheca in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spermatheca» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPERMATHECA

Find out the translation of spermatheca to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spermatheca from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spermatheca» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

精囊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espermateca
570 millions of speakers

English

spermatheca
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spermatheca
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المنوية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сперматека
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

espermateca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spermatheca
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spermathèque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spermatheca
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spermatheka
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貯精嚢
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

spermatheca
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spermatheca
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

spermatheca
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spermatheca
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शुक्राणू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spermateka
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spermateca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nasiennych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сперматеки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spermatheca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σπερματοθήκης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spermatheca
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spermatheca
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spermatheca
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spermatheca

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPERMATHECA»

The term «spermatheca» is normally little used and occupies the 136.866 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPERMATHECA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spermatheca» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spermatheca» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spermatheca

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPERMATHECA»

Discover the use of spermatheca in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spermatheca and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates, Accessory Sex Glands
Aedes aegypti, however, a few glandular cells like those of the spermatheca occur in the upper part of the spermathecal duct (Clements and Potter, 1967; Jones and Fischman, 1970). And in Melanoplus sanguinipes, the histology of the duct is ...
K. G. Adiyodi, Rita G. Adiyodi, 1988
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Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach
he spermatheca is a special pouch in the female in which spermatozoa are stored and maintained after mating. In more advanced insects, the male deposits seminal fluid or a spermatophore into the bursa copulatrix, and the sperm then move ...
Timothy D. Schowalter, 2006
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Female Control: Sexual Selection by Cryptic Female Choice
about one-third that of the spermatheca, and the ejaculate fills this sac (see fig. 2.9). Males obviously have more sperm available, as they often copulate up to four times with the same female in the space of only two hours. Female behavior  ...
William G. Eberhard, 1996
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The Insects: Structure and Function
Transfer of sperm to the spermatheca. Immediately following the transfer of the spermatophore, the sperm migrate to the spermatheca, where they are stored. Sometimes they are able to escape from the sperm sac through a pore, but in other ...
R. F. Chapman, Stephen J. Simpson, Angela E. Douglas, 2013
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Sperm Competition and Its Evolutionary Consequences in the ...
Sperm flow from the spermatophore in the bursa copulatrix along the length of the flagellum and into the spermatheca. Thus, the flagellum in this species plays an important role in the transportation of sperm to the sperm storage organ.
Leigh W. Simmons, 2001
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The Ants
spermatheca QUEEN WORKER FIGURE 8-6 Ovarian development in a queen and a worker of Leptothorax nylanderi. The queen has eight ovarioles, most of which are manufacturing eggs in series; she also has a spermatheca in which ...
Bert Hölldobler, 1990
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Cockroaches: Ecology, Behavior, and Natural History
In Crypto- cercus the spermatheca is forked, with the branches terminally expanded; the single spermathecal opening lies in the roof of the genital chamber. The spermatheca of Lamproblatta has a wide, sclerotized basal portion and a slender ...
William J. Bell, Louis M. Roth, Christine A. Nalepa, 2007
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Ay's Neuroanatomy of C. Elegans for Computation
4 gon herm prsh P Post. epithelial proximal sheath w/ mus 4 gon herm prsh P Post. epithelial proximal sheath w/ mus 4 gon herm spth A Anterior spermatheca 9 gon herm spth A Anterior spermatheca 9 gon herm spth A Anterior spermatheca 3 ...
Theodore B. Achacoso, William S. Yamamoto, 1991
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Blackflies (Simuliidae) [Moshki (sem. Simuliidae)]
In adults the location of groups of enocytes is quite constant: near the salivary glands, commencement of midgut, in the testes and ovaries, near the spermatheca, around the genital cavity (in which the spermatophore of the male is retained), ...
Ivan Antonovich Rubt͡sov, 1989
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Advances in Insect Physiology
Accordingly, it has been noted in several cases that apyrene sperm arrive at the spermatheca earlier than their eupyrene counterparts (C. pomonella, White et al., 1975; Antheraea pernyi and M. sexta, Silberglied et al., 1984; P. brassicae, ...
‎2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPERMATHECA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spermatheca is used in the context of the following news items.
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Unkindest cut? Insect penis gets the chop in the name of science
Interestingly, the male seed bug's penis is around three times the length of the female's spermathecal duct, the narrow tube through which it must be threaded if it ... «The Guardian, May 15»
2
Sterile males in a parasitoid wasp with complementary sex …
We assessed the success/failure of sperm transfer by determining whether spermatozoa were present in the spermatheca and whether there were females ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
3
Mosquito sex and infection: benefits and costs
The sperm received is stored in a spermatheca ready to fertilize all the eggs produce during her life time. Further mating is prevented by her partner who, ... «BMC Blogs Network, Apr 15»
4
Sex Still Worth The Risk Of Being Eaten Alive For The Dumpling …
In order to reproduce, the male uses his arms to hold the female in place and inserts the hectocotylus, the sperm-insertion organ, into the female's spermatheca, ... «Headlines & Global News, Jan 15»
5
Threat of Being Eaten Doesn't Deter Dumpling Squid From Sex
... the female's sperm storage organ, the spermatheca. At the end of copulation, the male jerks his hectocotylus out of the female, effectively terminating the tryst. «Smithsonian, Dec 14»
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Spermatheca As A Model Of Epithelial Tube Contraction
During ovulation, a single egg is released into a structure known as the 'spermatheca', which is an accordion shaped tube that houses the sperm. Following ... «Asian Scientist Magazine, Dec 14»
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Epithelial tube contraction: A new feedback mechanism for …
Figure: Loss of SPV-1 function in the spermathecal epithelial cell tube leads to unregulated contractility. Hyperactive actinmyosin contraction (blue rings) results ... «Phys.Org, Dec 14»
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'Killer sperm' help maintain species barrier
Sperm crawl from the uterus to the site of fertilization (spermatheca). The spermathecal valve prevents sperm from crawling into the gonad, but allows eggs ... «Varsity, Aug 14»
9
Squid Lady Parts
In the ship's laboratory, we were able to fertilize eggs with sperm from spermatophores, spermatangia, and spermathecae. But I'm pretty sure squid don't lay their ... «Science 2.0, Aug 14»
10
This worm's sperm invades and kills females of another species
"We don't yet know what allows sperm to migrate beyond the spermatheca," Cutter said, referencing the female organ where fertilization takes place. «The Verge, Jul 14»

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