epigynen.
/ˈɛpɪdʒʌɪn/ Zoology.
The ovipositor in arachnids; the external genital plate in spiders. Also in modern Latin form epigynum /ɛpɪˈdʒaɪnəm/.
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1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 273/1 These [sc. ovaries] have a common exterior orifice (vulva)..and connected with this opening there is frequently an epigyne, or ovipositor.
1892 Trans. Linn. Soc.: Zool. 5 297 The epigynum or external genital plate..entirely closes the genital aperture.
1900 Proc. Zool. Soc. 387 The under surface of the body is whitish except the small yellow-brown epigyne.
1916 H. S. Pratt Man. Invertebr. Animals 415 Between them [sc. the lung spiracles] is the genital pore which, in the female, is covered by a plate..called the epigynum.
1951 G. H. Locket & A. F. Millidge Brit. Spiders I. iii. 24 The term ‘epigyne’ (or ‘epigynum’) has been used in slightly different ways. In the present work it will be applied to..the general appearance of the female genital area from the outside, when the spider is viewed ventrally.
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