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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

sper•ma•the•ca n., pl. -cae [Zool.]

Invertebrates, Zoologya small sac or cavity in female or hermaphroditic invertebrates used to store sperm for fertilizing eggs, as in the queen bee.

sperma- (variant of spermato-, spermo-) + theca 1820–30

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