单词 | aedeagus |
释义 | aedeagusn. Entomology. In insects: the male copulatory or sperm-depositing organ; an insect phallus or (typically) part of it, esp. the distal portion. ΚΠ 1860 Zoologist 18 7267 The form of the ædeagus, described by M. Foudras, is so dissimilar in the two insects..that he entertained no doubt whatever as to the propriety of considering them good and distinct species. 1899 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. vi. 314 On each side of the ninth abdominal segment there is a process called the ‘valve’, the internal wall of which bears some hook-like or other processes called ‘harpes’; it is continued as a membrane surrounding the ‘oedeagus’, or penis. 1909 F. N. Pierce Genitalia Group Noctuidae Lepidoptera Brit. Lands 13 The Penis itself is a tube of varying length and width, bulbed at the base. The outside covering is called The Ædœagus and consists of a stout tube, with an opening in the side near the base. 1935 R. E. Snodgrass Princ. Insect Morphol. xix. 589 With the majority of insects the phallus is differentiated into several..parts... Externally there is very commonly to be distinguished a proximal part, or phallobase..and a more slender terminal part, the aedeagus... When the basal differentiation is not evident the entire organ is generally called the aedeagus. 1971 Jrnl. Stored Product Res. 6 351 This facilitates the rapid identification of specimens, and is particularly useful when large numbers of aedeagi have to be examined. 2003 Jrnl. Orthoptera Res. 12 166 (caption) Everted edeagus of O. samartini. Derivatives aedeˈagal adj. ΚΠ 1915 Trans. Royal Entomol. Soc. i. 133 The males have the terminal segment broad and somewhat twisted, so that a portion of the ventral aedeagal cap is often visible from above. 1975 G. Evans Life of Beetles iii. 59 There are considerable aedeageal variations between different species. 2008 Jrnl. Orthoptera Res. 17 65 (caption) Endophallus, with ectophallic dorsal aedeagal valves shown above. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1860 |
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