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Epiphragm

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sphragisnoun(zoology, especially entomology) A mating plug in the genital opening of a female, formed from a waxy secretion deposited by a male during mating.
phragmoconenoun(malacology) The chambered portion of the shell of certain cephalopods, divided by septa into camerae.
phragmanounA septum, especially on the wall of the thorax of an insect.
autophragmnounThe wall of an autocyst.
pneumostomenounA pore through which slugs and other gastropods breathe
epiphlœumnounObsolete form of epiphloeum. [(botany) A corky envelope or outer portion of bark, lying next beneath an epidermis.]
epiphloemnounAlternative form of epiphloeum. [(botany) A corky envelope or outer portion of bark, lying next beneath an epidermis.]
endophragmanoun(zoology) A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain crustaceans.
epistomanounAlternative form of epistome. [(zoology) a mouth-covering lobe or ridge in bryozoans and phoronids]
shell sacnoun(zoology) The sac in which the shell of a mollusc is secreted during development; (now especially) the fold of mantle in which a cephalopod secretes its pen or gladius.
aulophorenounThe larval form of some insects that has a mucous tube
velumnoun(anatomy) The soft palate.
rhynchodaeumnounA cavity in some gastropods that contains the proboscis.
prophragmanoun(zoology) An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.
hyponomenoun(zoology) A tubular organ of a cephalopod, used to expel water.
periostracumnoun(malacology) The proteinaceous outer sheath of many molluscan shells.
epipharynxnoun(anatomy, rare) The nasopharynx.
extrachorionnounA layer of mucus on the surface of the chorion of the eggs of locusts of the family Acrididae
ecthoreumnoun(zoology) The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida.
epiphloeumnoun(botany) A corky envelope or outer portion of bark, lying next beneath an epidermis.

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