gonopodium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A modified extremity, such as an anal fin, of certain types of livebearing fish and arthropods (most notably crustaceans and myriapods), which is used for reproduction.

Word forms

gonopodium gonopodia

Etymology

From gono- + -podium (“part resembling a foot”).

Related words

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