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hemipenises

hemipenises is the plural of hemipenis.

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

Origin of hemipenises

hemipenis + -es

Questions about hemipenises

What is hemipenises the plural of?
Hemipenises is the plural of hemipenis.

Words near hemipenises in the dictionary

  1. hemipenectomy
  2. hemipenes
  3. hemipenial
  4. hemipenile
  5. hemipenis
  6. hemipenises
  7. hemipentahydrate
  8. hemipentahydrates
  9. hemipeptone
  10. hemipeptones
  11. hemiperfect

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