haematodocha
English
Noun
haematodocha (plural haematodochae)
- (zoology) An elastic sac of tissue within the palp of male arachnids, which fills with blood during insemination.
- 1996, Michael J Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Collins 1996, p. 22:
- The elastic haematodochae are then distended hydraulically, pushing out and rotating the sclerites of the palpal organs, some of which lock it in position.
- 1996, Michael J Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Collins 1996, p. 22: