Definitions for epigynum

epigynum e·pig·y·num

Spelling: [ih-pij-uh-nuh m]
IPA: /ɪˈpɪdʒ ə nəm/

Epigynum is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in epigynum (egimnpuy).

Definitions for epigynum

noun

  1. the chitinous plate in arachnids that covers the opening to the female genital tract.

Origin of epigynum

1890-95; New Latin, equivalent to epi- epi- + -gynum Greek -gynon, neuter of -gynos; see -gynous

Examples for epigynum

The shape of the epigynum is indistinct and variable, and females of different species are difficult to distinguish.

The epigynum varies in appearance according to the thickness and color of different parts.

The latter is covered in females by an apparatus, sometimes large and complicated, called the epigynum.

The epigynum is light colored, with a middle bar covered with hair and slightly forked at the hinder end (fig. 242).

The finger of the epigynum is usually absent, as if broken off.

The plainest difference between the females is in the epigynum, the hard and dark parts of which are larger and longer in incerta.

Its size and markings are the same, and the epigynum is like that of longipes.

The openings of the epigynum (fig. 273) are about their diameter apart.

The epigynum has two small anterior openings directed forward instead of toward each other, as in æstivalis.

The tracheal opening is not as far forward as in bimaculata, being nearer the spinnerets than the epigynum.

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