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貯精嚢 (choseinou) Japanese meaning: spermatheca | Kotomora

貯ちょ精せい嚢のう

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Meanings

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spermatheca

Zoological term for a female reproductive organ in many invertebrates and some vertebrates that stores sperm after mating.

女じょ王おうアリの貯ちょ精せい嚢のうには、交こう尾び時じに受うけ取と

Kanji

貯savings, store, lay in
精refined, ghost, fairy
嚢pouch, purse, bag

Etymology

Compound of 貯精 (chosei, 'sperm storage') + 嚢 (nō, 'sac, capsule'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the anatomical meaning.

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In the queen ant's spermatheca, sperm received during mating is stored for a long period.