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epiphallus en · NOUN

Etymology

From epi- + phallus.

Meanings

1. In some orthopterans, a plate adjacent to the genital complex.
   • Hadrotettix and Heliastus lack pale streaks but possess trilobed epiphalli, which led me to look for other characteristics shared with the Hippiscus group. 1981, Daniel Otte, The North American Grasshoppers: Acrididae: Oedipodinae, page 92:
2. In some dictyopterans, a pair of valves adjacent to the phallus.
   • Male genitalia strongly asymmetrical, partially concealed by sternum 9, comprised by basisclerite, paired epiphalli (left with titillator), and hypophallus; hook process (=L3 sclerite after MCKITTRICK 1964) missing (KLASS 1997). 2006, A.P. Rasnitsyn, History of Insects, page 274:
3. In some gastropods, an enlargement of the vas deferens that continues beyond the apex of the penis.
   • In mature Arion the atrium is divided into upper and lower atria, with the oviduct, spermatheca duct and epiphallus opening into the upper atrium. 2012, A. South, Terrestrial Slugs: Biology, ecology and control, page 110:

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