adenodactyl

adenodactyl
n.; pl. -tyli, -yls [Gr. aden, gland; daktylos, finger]
(PLATYHELMINTHES: Turbellaria)
Prostatoid male apparatus occurring in the wall of the common antrum in some freshwater and land triclads and some Acoela, thought to act as stimulators in copulation.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • adenodactyl — ad·e·no·dac·tyl …   English syllables

  • adenodactyl — əˈdenəˌdaktəl, ēn noun ( s) Etymology: aden + Greek daktylos finger : one of the penislike supplementary structures in the male reproductive system of certain turbellarians …   Useful english dictionary

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