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How to pronounce “hectocotylus”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of hectocotylus with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- The birds and the bees are just the beginning
and males have a hectocotylus.
- Definition summary
- (zoology) A modified arm of any of several male cephalopods that functions as a reproductive organ by transferring sperm to the mantle of the female. [from 19th c.]
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How to pronounce hectocotylus
The birds and the bees are just the beginning
and males have a hectocotylus.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (zoology) A modified arm of any of several male cephalopods that functions as a reproductive organ by transferring sperm to the mantle of the female. [from 19th c.]
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