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Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Hectocotylus
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(n.) One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of the eggs. In a special sense, the greatly modified arm of Argonauta and allied genera, which, after receiving the spermatophores, becomes detached from the male, and attaches itself to the female for reproductive purposes.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hectocotylus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hectocotylus.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hectocotylus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hectocotylus.html. 1828.
