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- noun Plural form of
spermatophore .
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Examples
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They have short penises which produce packets of sperm, called spermatophores, then one of their eight limbs is modified to transfer this sperm to special receptacles on the female.
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Whether hooked, whip-like, barbed or spiny, those not! penis structures are likely used by male cockroaches to clear out rival spermatophores, according to the august authors of Cockroaches, the book.
Boing Boing 2009
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Briefly, the process is as follows: 2 slugs climb up a vertical surface, one leading the other; then they start circling each other; then they intertwine and suspend themselves by a thick strand of mucus; their penises evert and they too intertwine forming a bell-shaped structure at their lower end; the exchange of spermatophores presumably takes place within the bell; following this, the slugs abruptly separate and move away.
Limax maximus AYDIN 2008
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The description probably meant spermatophores are exchanged.
How a glaring error of mine was corrected a year later AYDIN 2008
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I don't know how exactly the spermatophores are transferred from one penis to the other.
Limax maximus AYDIN 2008
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Briefly, the process is as follows: 2 slugs climb up a vertical surface, one leading the other; then they start circling each other; then they intertwine and suspend themselves by a thick strand of mucus; their penises evert and they too intertwine forming a bell-shaped structure at their lower end; the exchange of spermatophores presumably takes place within the bell; following this, the slugs abruptly separate and move away.
Archive 2008-02-01 AYDIN 2008
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I suspect this is when they actually exchange spermatophores cases of sperm.
Limax maximus AYDIN 2008
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The sexes are separate in all species, and copulation or the production of spermatophores are often the rule.
Crustacea 2008
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I suspect this is when they actually exchange spermatophores cases of sperm.
Archive 2008-02-01 AYDIN 2008
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The everted organs apparently intertwine and exchange spermatophores.
Slug yin yang AYDIN 2007
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