"allosperm" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "From allo- + sperm.",
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      "form": "allosperms",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Robert T. Dillon, The Ecology of Freshwater Molluscs, →ISBN, page 80:",
          "text": "They seem to have mechanisms that favour fertilization by allosperm (donated by a partner) over autosperm (produced endogenously).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Janet Leonard, Alex Cordoba-Aguilar, The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals, →ISBN, page 176:",
          "text": "The latter have a well-defined allosperm storage organ, called spermatheca, attached to their fertilization pouch (Baur, this book).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Nils Anthes, Peter M. Kappeler, Ralph Bergmüller, Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms, →ISBN, page 340:",
          "text": "This is consistent with theory that predicts a preference for the female mating role after periods of sexual isolation because of allosperm depletion.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Gregory A. Lewbart, Invertebrate Medicine, →ISBN, page 101:",
          "text": "During copulation, the penis deposits the autosperm (which now become allosperm) into the vaginal channel of the distal hermaphroditic duct of another animal. The allosperm then travel to the spermatotheca.",
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        "Sperm that has been received from another organism."
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        "(biology) Sperm that has been received from another organism."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "autosperm"
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  "word": "allosperm"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "autosperm"
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          "ref": "2000, Robert T. Dillon, The Ecology of Freshwater Molluscs, →ISBN, page 80:",
          "text": "They seem to have mechanisms that favour fertilization by allosperm (donated by a partner) over autosperm (produced endogenously).",
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        },
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          "ref": "2010, Janet Leonard, Alex Cordoba-Aguilar, The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals, →ISBN, page 176:",
          "text": "The latter have a well-defined allosperm storage organ, called spermatheca, attached to their fertilization pouch (Baur, this book).",
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        },
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          "ref": "2010, Nils Anthes, Peter M. Kappeler, Ralph Bergmüller, Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms, →ISBN, page 340:",
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        },
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          "ref": "2011, Gregory A. Lewbart, Invertebrate Medicine, →ISBN, page 101:",
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