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hemipenes

hemipenes is the plural of hemipenis.

hemipenes is the plural of hemipene.

Meaning of hemipenis

Noun

hemipenis (plural hemipenes or hemipenises)

  1. 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.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 475
    Synonyms:
    hemipeen, hemipene

Meaning of hemipene

Noun

hemipene (plural hemipenes)

  1. Synonym of hemipenis.
    Synonyms:
    hemipenis

Origin of hemipenes

hemi- + penes. Analyzable as hemipene + -es.

Questions about hemipenes

What is hemipenes the plural of?
Hemipenes is the plural of hemipenis.

Words near hemipenes in the dictionary

  1. hemipenal
  2. hemipene
  3. hemipeneal
  4. hemipenectomized
  5. hemipenectomy
  6. hemipenes
  7. hemipenial
  8. hemipenile
  9. hemipenis
  10. hemipenises
  11. hemipentahydrate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hemipenes (page history and authors); hemipenis (page history and authors); hemipene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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