Lectionary Calendar
Monday, October 7th, 2024
the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Hectocotylus
Webster's Dictionary
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
(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.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Bibliography Information
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.
