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|label=bursa copulatrix
|definition=1. A [[genital pouch]] of numerous invertebrates. 

2. In certain [[male]] [[nematodes]] and [[acanthocephalans]], a modified [[caudal]] ala or [[alae]], circular or [[oval]], may be [[divided]] into two [[lateral]] symmetrical or [[asymmetrical]] lobes, separated by a [[dorsal]] [[lobe]], and supported by rays or papillae; bursa. 

3. ([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) A female copulatory pouch developed from the tubular [[vagina]] in the genital chamber for reception of the [[male]] [[aedeagus]]. See also [[genital chamber]]. 

4. ([[Mollusca]]) A copulatory pouch or [[sac]] for receiving [[sperm]] that will be stored for only a brief period; [[copulatory bursa]]. See also [[seminal receptacle]]. 

5. ([[Platyhelminthes]]: Turbellaria) In planarians, a blind pouch that holds the secretions from the [[penis]] and [[adenodactyl]] [[gland]] (muscular organ), which then activates the [[sperm]].
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|scheme=Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology
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