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hectocotylus

/,hektә'kɔtilәs/

📖 中文释义

  1. n. [动]交接腕, 化茎腕
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
  1. n. One of the arms of the male of most kinds of
  2. cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the
  3. fertilization of the eggs. In a special sense, the greatly modified arm
  4. of Argonauta and allied genera, which, after receiving the
  5. spermatophores, becomes detached from the male, and attaches itself to
  6. the female for reproductive purposes.
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