sphragis
名词 n.
英 /ˈsfræd͡ʒɪs/
美 /ˈsfræd͡ʒɪs/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A mating plug in the genital opening of a female, formed from a waxy secretion deposited by a male during mating.
— The plastic mass begins to harden quite rapidly, probably within a few minutes but, as largely hollow sphragides have been dissected from pairs killed in copula, possibly more than one ejaculation may be required to complete the body of the sphragis.
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Synonym of sphragide.
— This made Lenian earth the first sgillated medicinal earth and wherever in literature the term terra sigillata appears without a location suffix, it refers to Lemnian earth, sometimes called Lemnia sphragis which is Greek for terra sigillata from Lemnos.
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