STIGMA, STIGMATA
\stˈɪɡmə], \stˈɪɡmə], \s_t_ˈɪ_ɡ_m_ə]\
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The portion of the pistil on which the pollen falls spots of brilliant colour with lenslike body, the eye-spots, of some Protozoa; an Arthropod spiracle; apertures connected with the tracheae of Insects; a coloured wing spot of certain butterflies and other insects; a gill-slit of Tunicates.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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