lagena

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lagena (noun; Latin lagaena, flask): 1. Bottle-shaped; dilated below and tapering to a narrow neck above; lageniform.

2. (Arthropoda: Insecta) In Lepidoptera, the smaller lobe of the spermatheca; may be fused into one organ

See also: utriculus.