gonopod
gonopod noun: a pleopod that is specialized for fertilisation in the males of some decapods.
Noun
gonopod (plural gonopods)
- A pleopod that is specialized for fertilisation in the males of some decapods.
- A clasping structure, possibly also evolved from legs, at the tip of the abdomen of some male insects.
- ...a pair of primitively two-segmented arms, the gonopods (claspers, forcipate claspers, anterior gonapophyses, pregonites, harpagones, parameres) arising posterolaterally on sternite 9...1981, Manual of Nearctic Diptera, volume 1, →ISBN, page 45
gonopod meaning in Tamil
gonopod in Tamil
- இனநீட்சம், இனப்பெருக்க நீட்சம்
Forms of gonopod
| plural | gonopods |
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Origin of gonopod
From gono- + -pod.
Questions about gonopod
- What does gonopod mean?
- Gonopod means a pleopod that is specialized for fertilisation in the males of some decapods.
- What is gonopod in Tamil?
- Gonopod in Tamil is இனநீட்சம், இனப்பெருக்க நீட்சம். See Gonopod meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is gonopod?
- Gonopod is a noun.
- What is the plural of gonopod?
- The plural of gonopod is gonopods.
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