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phallapodeme

phallapodeme noun: a sclerite articulating with the phallus.

Noun

phallapodeme (plural phallapodemes)

  1. A sclerite articulating with the phallus.
    • Internally, the male genitalia are made up of a long rod-like phallapodeme (fused to the hypandrium anteriorly), a broad hypandrium (attached to sternite 10) and pregonite (possibly the postgonite), a small ejaculatory apodeme, and a flat basiphallus (forming a ring with the base of the...2009, “Acartophthalmidae”, in Tree of Life web project

Forms of phallapodeme

pluralphallapodemes

Origin of phallapodeme

phallus + apodeme

Questions about phallapodeme

What does phallapodeme mean?
Phallapodeme means a sclerite articulating with the phallus.
What part of speech is phallapodeme?
Phallapodeme is a noun.
What is the plural of phallapodeme?
The plural of phallapodeme is phallapodemes.

Words near phallapodeme in the dictionary

  1. phallace
  2. phallaceous
  3. phallacidin
  4. phallacin
  5. phallalgia
  6. phallapodeme
  7. phallapodemes
  8. phallation
  9. phallectomies
  10. phallectomy
  11. phalli

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