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gonopodium

gonopodium noun: a modified extremity, such as an anal fin, of certain types of livebearing fish and arthropods (most notably crustaceans and myriapods), which is used for reproduction.

Noun

gonopodium (plural gonopodia)

  1. A modified extremity, such as an anal fin, of certain types of livebearing fish and arthropods (most notably crustaceans and myriapods), which is used for reproduction.

Forms of gonopodium

pluralgonopodia

Origin of gonopodium

From gono- + -podium (“part resembling a foot”).

Questions about gonopodium

What does gonopodium mean?
Gonopodium means a modified extremity, such as an anal fin, of certain types of livebearing fish and arthropods (most notably crustaceans and myriapods), which is used for reproduction.
What part of speech is gonopodium?
Gonopodium is a noun.
What is the plural of gonopodium?
The plural of gonopodium is gonopodia.

Words near gonopodium in the dictionary

  1. gonoplasm
  2. gonopod
  3. gonopodal
  4. gonopodia
  5. gonopodial
  6. gonopodium
  7. gonopodomere
  8. gonopods
  9. gonopoietic
  10. gonopore
  11. gonopores

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