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gonapophysis

noun
gon·​apophysis | \ ¦gän +\
plural gonapophyses

Definition of gonapophysis

: an organ or process of the anal region of an insect that serves in copulation, oviposition, or stinging used chiefly of such structures when paired and regarded as modified appendages

History and Etymology for gonapophysis

New Latin, from gon- + apophysis

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