"spermatophylax" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: spermatophylaxes [plural]
Etymology: From spermato- + phylax. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|spermato|phylax}} spermato- + phylax Head templates: {{en-noun}} spermatophylax (plural spermatophylaxes)
  1. A nutritive bolus ejected by some male insects during copulation Wikipedia link: spermatophylax

Inflected forms

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