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- Englishsperma-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰédʰeh₁ti
- Ancient Greekτίθημι (títhēmi)
- Ancient Greekθήκη (thḗkē)
- Latinthēca
- Englishtheca
- English todayspermatheca
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
spermatheca
Today it means: A small sac within the reproductive tract of some female invertebrates, such as insects, which stores sperm until it is used to fertilize the ova. Full definition →
English theca ← Latin thēca ← Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē)