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HectocotyliHectocotylus Hec`to*cot"y*lus, n.; pl. Hectocotyli. [NL.,
fr. Gr. ? a hundred + ? a hollow vessel.] (Zo["o]l.)
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. Hectocotylized
Hectocotylized Hec`to*cot"y*lized, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Changed into a hectocotylus; having a hectocotylis.
HectocotylusHectocotylus Hec`to*cot"y*lus, n.; pl. Hectocotyli. [NL.,
fr. Gr. ? a hundred + ? a hollow vessel.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
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