hectocotylus
hectocotylus
[ˌhɛktə(ʊ)ˈkɒtɪləs]
(pl. hectocotyli -lʌɪ, -liː)
[ˌhɛktə(ʊ)ˈkɒtɪləs]
(pl. hectocotyli -lʌɪ, -liː)
- (Zoology)a modified arm used by male octopuses and some other cephalopods to transfer sperm to the female
(动)交接腕，化茎腕
- 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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