germary

English

Etymology

From germ +‎ -ary.

Noun

germary (plural germaries)

1. An organ that produces germ cells (sperm or eggs).
   • 1911, The Encyclopaedia Britannica, page 762:

     In Asplanchnaceae, the germary is median, continuous at the distal end with the middle of the transverse horesshoe-shaped vitellary. In Bdelloidaceae and Seisonaceae the whole organ is paired, the germary proximal, the vitellary next the cloaca.

   • 1948, Paul Lassenius Kramp, Medusae: Collected by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-03, page 41:

     The female apparatus consists of two germaries—uncertain if quite separated or united in the middle as in Promescosforma marmoratum (Luther 1943, figg. 15-16) — and two vitellaries (branched or not?).

   • 1990, Microfauna marina - Volume 6, page 81:

     The germary is ventrolaterally joint to the syncytial tissue.