NIDAMENTAL

Etymology

Adjective

nidamental (not comparable)

(zoology) Used to describe an internal organ, in some elasmobranchs and molluscs, that secretes egg cases or the gelatinous covering of eggmass.

Source: Wiktionary


Nid`a*men"tal, a. Etym: [L. nidamentum materials for a nest, fr. nidus nest. See Nest.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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