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sex combs

sex combs is the plural of sex comb.

Meaning of sex comb

Noun

sex comb (plural sex combs)

  1. An appendage, in the male of some flies, used to grasp the female prior to mating.
    • sex comb rotation in Drosophila melanogaster

Questions about sex combs

What is sex combs the plural of?
Sex combs is the plural of sex comb.

Words near sex combs in the dictionary

  1. sex chromosome
  2. sex chromosomes
  3. sex club
  4. sex clubs
  5. sex comb
  6. sex combs
  7. sex comedies
  8. sex comedy
  9. sex cord
  10. sex cords
  11. sex crime

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sex combs (page history and authors); sex comb (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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