English Explanatory Dictionary

epiphallus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In some orthopterans, a plate adjacent to the genital complex.
  2. In some dictyopterans, a pair of valves adjacent to the phallus.
  3. In some gastropods, an enlargement of the vas deferens that continues beyond the apex of the penis.

Word forms

epiphallus epiphalli

Etymology

From epi- + phallus.

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