gonopodium
Meanings
noun
- 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
Etymology
From gono- + -podium (“part resembling a foot”).
Related words
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