Traditional Chinese Meaning of hectocotylus
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Definitions and Meaning of hectocotylus in English
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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觸鬚
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 => 雄性烏賊化, hectocotyli => 烏賊腕, hectically => 發瘋般, hectic => 忙碌的, hectare => 公頃,
