hectocotylus
Meaning of hectocotylus
noun
A modified arm of any of several male cephalopods that functions as a reproductive organ by transfering sperm to the mantle of the female.
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Hyphenation of hectocotylus
hec-to-coty-lus
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- hectocotylus is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Words that rhyme with hectocotylus
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