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Definition: COLLETERIUM

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Colleterium" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Colleterium \Col`le*te"ri*um\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Colletic.]. (references)

Definition: COLLETERIUM

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "COLLETERIUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Colleterium \Col`le*te"ri*um\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Colletic.]. (references)