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Sphragistics
Sphragistics Sphra*gis"tics, n. [Gr. ???? of or for sealing, fr. ??? a seal.] The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents.

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- Look up sphragis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sphragis is a Gr**** word for "seal". It may refer to: Sphragis (literary device), an explicit authorial...
- known as a co****tion plug, sperm plug, ****l plug, or sphragis (Latin, from Gr**** σφραγίς sphragis, "a seal"), is a gelatinous secretion used in the mating...
- Sphragis (Latin, from Gr**** σφραγίς 'sphragis' a seal or 'signet') is a modern term in literary theory and classical philology used to describe a literary...
- actions such as capping of the reproductive system of the female with the sphragis, denying access to other males, or by exuding an anti-aphrodisiac pheromone...
- tawny coster is one of a group of butterflies where females feature a sphragis (co****tory plug) which is formed after a mating session. After males produce...
- cressida is modified into an external mating plug known as a sphragis (plural sphragides). The sphragis acts to increase the chance of individual males successfully...
- with claspers open. Female Apollo with sphragis or mating plug. Close up of the hardened Parn****ius sphragis extruding 2 to 3 mm behind the abdomen....
- mating males deposit on the female's abdomen a gelatinous secretion called sphragis, that prevents the female mating a second time. The females lay eggs, which...
- spondylolysis, spondylosis, Temnospondyli sphrag- seal Gr**** σφραγίς (sphragís), (sphragistikós), σφραγίζω sphragistic sphyg- pulse Gr**** σφύζειν (sphúzein)...
- James 1996, noting O. Hjort, "Augustus Christi****—Livia Christiana: Sphragis and Roman portrait sculpture", in L. Ryden and J.O. Rosenqvist, Aspects...