- fertilization duct
- (Subclass Copepoda):In female reproductive system, narrow duct connecting median seminal receptacle to end of each oviduct [Stachowitsch, 1992].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
fertilization duct
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