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gynaecophore
gynaecophore n. 
/ˈdʒʌɪnəkə(ʊ)fɔː/, /ɡʌɪˈniːkə(ʊ)fɔː/, /ˈdʒɪnəkəˌfɔ(ə)r/ [Greek -ϕόρος bearing] Zoology in certain invertebrate animals, as some trematodes, a receptacle in the male in which the female is borne, a gynæcophoric canal.
Brit. /ˈɡʌɪnəkə(ʊ)fɔː/
, /ˈɡʌɪnəkə(ʊ)fɔː//ˈdʒʌɪnəkə(ʊ)fɔː//ɡʌɪˈniːkə(ʊ)fɔː/U.S. /ˈɡaɪnəkəˌfɔ(ə)r/
, /ˈɡaɪnəkəˌfɔ(ə)r//ˈdʒɪnəkəˌfɔ(ə)r/ΘΚΠ
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gynaecophore1877
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iv. 202 The formidable Bilharzia, the male of which is the larger and retains the female in a gynæcophore.
1881 A. S. Packard Zool. (ed. 3) 152 A canal or passage in the male formed by the infolding of the edges of the concave side of the body called a gynæcophore.
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