scaphium

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scaphium (noun; Greek skaphe, boat): 1. A boat-shaped structure.

2. (Arthropoda: Insecta) In male Lepidoptera, a dorsal sclerotization of the genitalia, below the uncus, and above the anus

See also: subscaphium.

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