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Word: androecium (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2004-2004
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...torpedo into the female. Once implanted, the male organ serves as a built-in sperm bank. Similarly, the male anglerfish burrows into the belly of its much bigger mate and becomes a permanent, parasitic testicle. The female green spoon worm inhales the tiny male, who then resides in the androecium ("little man house"), a nook in the reproductive tract from which he fertilizes eggs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Animal Attraction | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

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