germ-receptacle

Updated: May 9, 2025

As they thrust out their tongues they looked as though they would fain give forth their souls; and every shape was to be found among them as if the germ-receptacle had been suddenly hatched and had burst, emptying itself upon the walls of the hall. Round the latter were twelve globes of blue crystal, supported by monsters resembling tigers.

Gustave Flaubert - Salammbo