Etymology

ootype

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Today it means: The part of the oviduct of certain trematodes in which the ova are completed by being furnished with yolk, and, by secretion from the Mehlis glands, with a shell. Full definition →

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From Ancient Greek; corresponding to oo- + -type.

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