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/ˈhɛ.mɪ.piː.nɪs/ · noun
(anatomy, zoology) Each of a pair of intromittent organs of male snakes and lizards, usually held inverted within the body but everted for reproduction via erectile tissue..
Charles […] found her stroking the goanna in such a way – no one else could do it – that its pale hemipenes emerged pale and spiky from their sheaths.
Use hemipenis when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hemipenis means (anatomy, zoology) Each of a pair of intromittent organs of male snakes and lizards, usually held inverted within the body but everted for reproduction via erectile tissue..
Common synonyms include hemipeen, hemipene.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Charles […] found her stroking the goanna in such a way – no one else could do it – that its pale hemipenes emerged pale and spiky from their sheaths.
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