epigyne

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɛpɪd͡ʒaɪn/

Definition of epigyne

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The external female sex organ in arachnids.
    “1996: This [genital] area is inconspicuous in most adult males and in immature females, but in adult females of the majority of species it is modified into a variably shaped, more or less sclerotized structure called the epigyne. — Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins 1996, p. 16)”

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Etymology

From modern Latin epigynum, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) + γυνή (gunḗ, “female”).

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