ˌhēməd.ōˈdōkə, ˌhem-, hēˌmad.əˈ- noun
( -s )
Etymology: New Latin, from hemat- + Greek dochē receptacle
: a fibrous elastic sac in the palpus of male spiders that is distended with hemolymph during pairing
ˌhēməd.ōˈdōkə, ˌhem-, hēˌmad.əˈ- noun
( -s )
Etymology: New Latin, from hemat- + Greek dochē receptacle
: a fibrous elastic sac in the palpus of male spiders that is distended with hemolymph during pairing
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012