貯ちょ精せい嚢のう

noun

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った精せい子しが長ちょう期き間かん保ほ存ぞんされる。

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