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sexcomb

sexcomb is the alternative form 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

Forms of sexcomb

pluralsexcombs

Questions about sexcomb

What is sexcomb the alternative form of?
Sexcomb is the alternative form of sex comb.

Words near sexcomb in the dictionary

  1. sexcess
  2. sexcesses
  3. sexcessories
  4. sexcessory
  5. sexcite
  6. sexcomb
  7. sexcombs
  8. sexdactyly
  9. sexdecillion
  10. sexdecillions
  11. sexdecimal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sexcomb (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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