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hemipenial

hemipenial adjective: of or pertaining to a hemipenis.

Adjective

hemipenial (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a hemipenis.
    • Clark was faced with the problem of determining which hemipenial type constituted the primitive condition.1985, Thomas Duncan, Cladistic theory and methodology, page 66

Synonyms of hemipenial

Forms of hemipenial

alternative formhemipeneal

Questions about hemipenial

What does hemipenial mean?
Hemipenial means of or pertaining to a hemipenis.
What part of speech is hemipenial?
Hemipenial is an adjective.

Words near hemipenial in the dictionary

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

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