What does gonopod mean?
Gonopod means (zoology) A pleopod that is specialized for fertilisation in the males of some decapods..
Gonopod
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
(zoology) A pleopod that is specialized for fertilisation in the males of some decapods..
Definitions by Sense
- (zoology) A pleopod that is specialized for fertilisation in the males of some decapods.
- (entomology) A clasping structure, possibly also evolved from legs, at the tip of the abdomen of some male insects.
Example Sentences
...a pair of primitively two-segmented arms, the gonopods (claspers, forcipate claspers, anterior gonapophyses, pregonites, harpagones, parameres) arising posterolaterally on sternite 9...
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- gonopods
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...a pair of primitively two-segmented arms, the gonopods (claspers, forcipate claspers, anterior gonapophyses, pregonites, harpagones, parameres) arising posterolaterally on sternite 9...
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