English Explanatory Dictionary

gonopod

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pleopod that is specialized for fertilisation in the males of some decapods.
  2. A clasping structure, possibly also evolved from legs, at the tip of the abdomen of some male insects.

Word forms

gonopod gonopods

Etymology

From gono- + -pod.

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