triaulic

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From tri- +‎ aulic.

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triaulic (not comparable)

  1. (biology) Having three reproductive duct systems, one for the deposit of sperm, one for receiving sperm, and one for depositing eggs.
    • 1964, Michael T. Ghiselin, Reproductive Function and the Evolution of Opisthobranch Gastropods:
      In androdiaulic and triaulic forms the movement of sperm is largely by muscular action, but the function of congealing the sperm into a more or less unitary mass is retained by the prostate.
    • 2010, Janet Leonard, The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals, page 161:
      Cervera et al. (2000) described three distinct patterns of division of reproductive systems of pleurobranchids producing three different triaulic arrangements.

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