hematodocha

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hematodocha also haematodocha (noun; Greek haima, blood; doche, receptacle): (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) A fibro-elastic sac at the base of the palpus of certain male spiders that fills with hemolymph and becomes distended during pairing.