heterocotylus

heterocotylus
n. [Gr. hekaton, hundred; kotyle, a cup]
(MOLLUSCA: Cephalopoda)
A penislike process or arm utilized in spermatophore transfer to the mantle cavity of the female, in some species breaking off in the process.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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