epiphallus
nounEtymology From epi- + phallus.
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Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences 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:
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Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences 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:
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Biology, Malacology, Natural sciences 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: