hectocotylus

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hectocotylus also heterocotylus (noun; Greek hekaton, hundred; kotyle, a cup): (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) A penislike process or arm utilized in spermatophore transfer to the mantle cavity of the female, in some species breaking off in the process.