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Meaning of "hectocotyli" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HECTOCOTYLI

ˌhektəʊˈkɒtɪˌlaɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HECTOCOTYLI

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Hectocotyli is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HECTOCOTYLI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hectocotylus

A hectocotylus is one of the arms of male cephalopods that is specialized to store and transfer spermatophores to the female. Structurally, hectocotyli are muscular hydrostats. Depending on the species, the male may use it merely as a conduit to the female, or he may wrench it off and present it to the female. The name hectocotylus was devised by Georges Cuvier, who first found one embedded in the mantle of a female argonaut. Supposing it to be a parasitic worm, Cuvier gave it a generic name. The hectocotyl arm was first described in the biological works of Aristotle, and it was widely disbelieved until its rediscovery in the nineteenth century.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HECTOCOTYLI

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HECTOCOTYLI

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WORDS THAT END LIKE HECTOCOTYLI

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हेक्टोकोटिली
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HECTOCOTYLI»

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Scientific Memoirs: Selected from the Transactions of ...
How long the movement, and indeed the existence of the Hectocotyli endure after their natural separation is altogether unknown f, but probably for a considerable time, if copulation be not effected ; if indeed they do not exist afterwards.
Arthur Henfrey, Thomas Henry Huxley, 1853
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Odd Couples: Extraordinary Differences between the Sexes in ...
This happens in several other octopus species as well, and in some of these the males are able to regenerate hectocotyli within six or eight weeks. However, male blanket octopuses have never been found with re— generating hectocotyli.
Daphne J. Fairbairn, 2013
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Anatomy of the Invertebrata
5' § 260. With the individuals hitherto known as the Hectocotyli, the genital organs occupy a space disproportionably large to the size of the body. The round , smooth enlargement on their posterior extremity is a genital capsule, with thin walls, ...
Carl Th. Ernst Siebold, 1874
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The annals and magazine of natural history, zoology, botany ...
... swelled, terminal portion of the Hectocotylus represents the apical plate in Octopus and Eledone, which has already been repeatedly mentioned, and also that the long filament or " flagellum," which occurs in all Hectocotyli, and originates in ...
‎1857
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Catalogue of Books Added to the Library of Congress, from ...
Investigation of the question : Does cellulose form the basis of all vegetable membranesl (art. 4.) MULLI-In (Heinrich). I'pon the male ofnrgonnut-I1 ergo and the hectocotyli. (art. 2.) S11-;B0l.l) (Carl Theodor Ernst von). upon the hectocotyli. (art.
Library of Congress, 1869
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Comparative Anatomy
As to the development of the males (Hectocotyli) of Argonauta and Tremocfopus, nothing is yet known except of its last period. It has been observed, however, that, during the time they are in the egg, they have their proper form which is so ...
Carl Th. Ernst Siebold, Hermann Stannius, Waldo Irving Burnett, 1854
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Catalogue of books added to the Library of Congress
Memoir upon the hectocotyli and the males of certain cephalopode. • (art. 5.) WICHUHA. On the winding of leavet, (art. 9.) Henry (Jamee, M. D.) A half year's poems. [With appendix : a dialogue between a steth- oecopist and an unborn child].
Washington D.C., libr. of Congress, 1869
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The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including ...
... this case we have something analogous to the formation of the hectocotyli in the Cepl1alopoda, a group of arms charged with semen being thrown off to fulfil a s ecial function of reproduction and afterwards regenerated. ut there is absolutely ...
‎1873
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Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Under the Cephalopodous Mollusca, we find not the slightest reference to those curious spermatophora the Hectocotyli ; and in his description of the bulbus arten' o.s-us in Fishes, our author states that it is of a muscular nature, although ...
‎1856
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Communication: from Pheromones to the Internet and Beyond:
His observations were accurateand ahead ofhis time. For example, he describedthe hectocotyli armofthe octopus (which is adapted to inject the female with sperm), butthis observation was notbelieved until its rediscoveryin the nineteenth ...
Max L. Swanson, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HECTOCOTYLI»

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Cephlopods control body and arms with different parts of their brain
The male dies soon after his unique ordeal, whereas the female can mate several times and even store multiple hectocotyli in a special cavity ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
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Nature's strangest sex rituals include an octopus with a detachable …
The male dies soon after his unique ordeal, whereas the female can mate several times and even store multiple hectocotyli in a special cavity ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Beautiful Octopus Whose Sex Is …
Some females have even been found with multiple hectocotyli in their shells from multiple males. Unsurprisingly, this odd sex caused quite ... «Wired, Jan 15»
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Odd Male Octopus Flaunts 2 Unexpected Arm Phalluses
A rare juvenile octopus was captured off the coast of Alaska flaunting not one but two hectocotyli, the arm male octopuses use to fertilize ... «Scientific American, Feb 14»
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Female octopuses stretch further
She added that previous studies have observed male octopuses holding their hectocotyli close to the body when foraging in the wild. «BBC News, Apr 13»
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Penetrating the mysteries of sex in deep-sea squid
But, deep-sea squids don't have hectocotyli. In deep-sea squids the spermatophore storage sac is elongated into a terminal organ, hehe ... «Deep-Sea News, Jan 13»
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Woman's mouth 'falls pregnant' to twelve squid after biting into sea …
... transferred to the female by the male's hectocotylus, a specialised arm, or by a long penis, which is present in species that lack hectocotyli. «Daily Mail, Jun 12»
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Woman, 63, 'becomes pregnant in the mouth' with baby squid after …
... transferred to the female by the male's hectocotylus, a specialised arm, or by a long penis, which is present in species that lack hectocotyli. «NEWS.com.au, Jun 12»
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What's in a name? Origins of the word “shark”
It tickled some interest from blogger @hectocotyli on Twitter, who posted a follow-up tweet questioning whether this was actually true, and citing ... «Deep-Sea News, Jan 12»
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Flight of the Argonauts
If Hectocotyli himself hasn't already informed you, a hectocotylized arm is basically a detachable penis. It can grasp sperm packets, slip under ... «Deep-Sea News, Aug 11»
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