mycetangiumn.
/mʌɪsᵻˈtan(d)ʒɪəm/, U.S. /ˌmaɪsəˈtændʒiəm/ Entomology.
= mycangium n. Usually in plural.
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1967 R. L. Giese in Canad. Entomologist 99 55 The term mycetangia (= mycangia) is applied to the paired organs in which microsymbiotes are stored and from which they are transmitted.
1972 Appl. Entomol. & Zool. 7 217 In P[latypus] oxyurus and P. wilsoni very small pores in an indefinite number on the pronotum of the female serve as mycetangia.
1980 Current Anthropol. 21 754/1 Mycetangia are derived from different organs in the various groups of ambrosia beetles.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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