gonapophysis
noun
gon·apophysis
¦gän +
plural gonapophyses
: an organ or process of the anal region of an insect that serves in copulation, oviposition, or stinging —used chiefly of such structures when paired and regarded as modified appendages
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from gon- + apophysis
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