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triaulic

triaulic adjective: having three reproductive duct systems, one for the deposit of sperm, one for receiving sperm, and one for depositing eggs.

Adjective

triaulic (not comparable)

  1. Having three reproductive duct systems, one for the deposit of sperm, one for receiving sperm, and one for depositing eggs.
    • In androdiaulic and triaulic forms the movement of sperm is largely by muscular action, but the function of congealing the sperm into a more or less unitary mass is retained by the prostate.1964, Michael T. Ghiselin, Reproductive Function and the Evolution of Opisthobranch Gastropods
    • Cervera et al. (2000) described three distinct patterns of division of reproductive systems of pleurobranchids producing three different triaulic arrangements.2010, Janet Leonard, The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals, page 161

Origin of triaulic

From tri- + aulic.

Words that rhyme with triaulic

Questions about triaulic

What does triaulic mean?
Triaulic means having three reproductive duct systems, one for the deposit of sperm, one for receiving sperm, and one for depositing eggs.
What part of speech is triaulic?
Triaulic is an adjective.

Words near triaulic in the dictionary

  1. triatomids
  2. triatomine
  3. triatomines
  4. triatrial
  5. triaugmented
  6. triaulic
  7. triax
  8. triaxial
  9. triaxial ellipsoid
  10. triaxial ellipsoids
  11. triaxialities

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