spermary
Americannoun
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spermaries
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of spermary
1860–65; < New Latin spermārium, equivalent to Late Latin sperm ( a ) sperm 1 + -ārium -ary
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The one nearer to the mouth end is the spermary and that near the attached end is the ovary.
From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Frederic Lucas
The spermaries take the form of small mound-shaped projections on the surface of the column.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
Their color is brightest and deepest before the spawning season, but as this advances, and the ovaries and spermaries are emptied, they grow paler, retaining at last only a faint pink tint.
From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Alexander Agassiz
Ovaries and spermaries have not been found on the same individual.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
A decided worm feature is the fact that they are hermaphrodites, each individual having ovaries and spermaries, as is the case with many worms.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
Along the chymiferous tubes little swellings are developed, which increase gradually, and become either ovaries or spermaries, according to the sex of the animal.
From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Alexander Agassiz
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