harpagones
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harpagones (noun, plural; singular harpago; Greek harpage, grappling hook): (Arthropoda: Insecta) 1. Moveable periphallic processes of males located on the ninth abdominal segment usually having a clasping function. 2. In mosquitoes, basal lobes on the mesal margin of the dorsal surface of the gonocoxites; the basal dorsomesal lobes. 3. The harpes of Lepidoptera.
