English-Thai Dictionary
hectocotylus
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HECTOCOTYLUS
Hec `to *cot "y *lus, n.; pl. Hectocotyli. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of the eggs. In a special sense, the greatly modified arm of Argonauta and allied genera, which, after receiving the spermatophores, becomes detached from the male, and attaches itself to the female for reproductive purposes.
New American Oxford Dictionary
hectocotylus
hec to cot y lus |ˌhektōˈkätl -əs ˌhɛktoʊˈkɑdləs | ▶noun ( pl. hectocotyli |-ˈkätlˌī | ) Zoology a modified arm used by male octopuses and some other cephalopods to transfer sperm to the female. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from hecto- ‘hundred ’ + Greek kotulē ‘hollow thing, ’ a name given by Cuvier to what he mistakenly took to be a genus of parasitic worms.
Oxford Dictionary
hectocotylus
hectocotylus |ˌhɛktə (ʊ )ˈkɒtɪləs | ▶noun ( pl. hectocotyli |-lʌɪ, -liː | ) Zoology a modified arm used by male octopuses and some other cephalopods to transfer sperm to the female. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from hecto- ‘hundred ’ + Greek kotulē ‘hollow thing ’, a name given by Cuvier to what he mistakenly took to be a genus of parasitic worms.
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