gonapophysisn.
/ɡɒnəˈpɒfɪsɪs/ Entomology.
One of the paired processes on the eighth and ninth ventral segments of the cockroach and allied species, forming the external genital organs.
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gonapophysis1877
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vii. 406 The most conspicuous division of the right gonapophysis is a broad plate divided at the extremity into two portions.
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