Hindi Meaning of hectocotylus

हेक्टोकोटाइलस

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Definitions and Meaning of hectocotylus in English

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hectocotylus (n.)

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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हेक्टोकोटाइलस

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 sens

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hectocotylized => हेक्टोकॉटिलाइज़्ड, hectocotyli => हेक्टोकॉटिली, hectically => उन्मादपूर्ण ढंग से, hectic => व्यस्त, hectare => हेक्टेयर,