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What does nidamental mean?

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Adjective
  1. (zoology) Used to describe an internal organ, in some elasmobranchs and molluscs, that secretes egg cases or the gelatinous covering of eggmass.
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Females were considered mature if they were gravid, had oocytes larger than 26 mm in diameter, or if nidamental gland width was greater than 20 mm.
A special gland in the female, unique to elasmobranchs and known as the oviducal, nidamental, or shell gland, produces the egg case.
There was a negative correlation between Gonado Somatic Index and Nidamental gland Somatic Index and each of total protein and lipids in different sexes.
Two conspicuous white nidamental glands, one on each side, measuring 30 x 42 mm each.

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