- copulatory bursa
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see bursa copulatrix, bursa.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
copulatory bursa
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bursa copulatrix — 1. A genital pouch of numerous invertebrates. 2. In certain male nematodes and acanthocephalans, a modified caudal ala or alae, circular or oval, may be divided into two lateral symmetrical or asymmetrical lobes, separated by a dorsal lobe, and… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
copulatory sac — Bursa copulatrix, copulatory pouch, seminal receptacle, seminal bursa … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
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copulatory chamber — (ANNELIDA: Oligochaeta) An invagination containing the male pore that reaches through the body wall into the coelom; bursa copulatrix; copulatory pouch … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
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nonbursate — Denoting a nontaxonomic division of Nematoda embracing those in which the male copulatory bursa is only a skin fold containing no fleshy ribs, as seen in hookworms and other bursate nematodes. [L. non, not, + Mediev. L. bursa, purse] … Medical dictionary
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