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Spermatheca (medicine) and evolute(1) (iou)


Spermatheca (medicine)


spermatheca
<zoology> A small sac connected with the female reproductive organs of insects and many Other invertebrates, serving to receive and retain the spermatozoa.

Origin: NL, from Gr. Seed + case, or receptacle.

Source: Websters Dictionary


evolute(1) (iou)



evolute noun & adjective. M18.
[Latin evolutus pa. pple of evolvere EVOLVE.]
Math. (Designating) a curve that is the locus of the centres of curvature of a given curve (its involute) and is the envelope of the normals; so called because a point on a taut string unwound from the evolute traces the involute.