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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In zoology, a glandular organ secreting a viscid or glutinous substance by which the ova are glued together, as in various insects; a colleterial gland.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.
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- noun zoology An
organ , infemale insects , containing acement tounite the ejectedova .
Etymologies
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See colletic.
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