gonopodium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From gono- + -podium (“part resembling a foot”).
Noun[edit]
gonopodium (plural gonopodia)
- (anatomy) A modified extremity, such as an anal fin, of certain types of livebearing fish and arthropods (most notably crustaceans and myriapods), which is used for reproduction.