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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INTROMITTENT

In `tro *mit "tent, a. Etym: [L. intromittens, p. pr. ]

 

1. Throwing, or allowing to pass, into or within.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Used in copulation; -- said of the external reproductive organs of the males of many animals, and sometimes of those of the females.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

intromittent organ

in tro mit tent or gan |ˌintrəˈmitnt ˌɪntrəˌmɪtnt ˈɔrɡən | ▶noun Zoology the male copulatory organ of an animal. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: intromittent from Latin intromittent- ‘introducing, ’ from the verb intromittere, from intro- ‘to the inside ’ + mittere ‘send. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

intromittent organ

intromittent organ |ˌɪntrə (ʊ )ˈmɪt (ə )nt | ▶noun Zoology the male copulatory organ of an animal. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: intromittent from Latin intromittent- ‘introducing ’, from the verb intromittere, from intro- ‘to the inside ’ + mittere ‘send ’.