circumgenital

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circumgenital (adjective; Latin circum, around; gignere, to beget): 1. Surrounding the genital pore.

2. (Arthropoda: Insecta) In scale insects, groups of small circular glands with an excretory orifice at the tip, surrounding the genital pore.