Definition of hemipenis in English:
hemipenis
nounPlural hemipenesˈhɛmɪpiːnɪsˈheməˌpēnəs
Zoology Each of the paired male reproductive organs in snakes and lizards.
Example sentencesExamples
- Despite these anatomical differences, amniote penises and hemipenes share some basic similarities: they are all more or less cylindrical, and they are all hydrostatic.
- Sharks do have paired structures for injecting sperm, called hemipenes.
- We sexed each snake by probing its cloaca to detect the presence of hemipenes.
- Our studies on gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) reveal significant morphological asymmetry in this system: testes, kidneys, and hemipenes on the right-hand-side of the body are larger than those on the left.
- Sex was determined by everting the hemipenes of males.