aedeagus
/iːdɪˈeɪɡəs/ /iːˈdɪəɡəs/Entomology
noun
In insects: the male copulatory or sperm-depositing organ; an insect phallus or (typically) part of it, especially the distal portion.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Zoologist: a miscellany of natural history. From scientific Latin aedeagus from ancient Greek αἰδοῖα genitals, plural of αἰδοῖον, use as noun of neuter of αἰδοῖος having a claim to regard, reverence, or compassion + ἀγός leader from ἄγειν to lead.
- temperateness
- temperate zone
- temperative
- temperature
- temperature coefficient
- temperature–humidity index
- -tempered
- -temperedly
- -temperedness
- temperer
- tempest
- tempestuous
- tempestuously
- tempestuousness
- tempi
- Templar
- template
- temple
- temple block
- Temple, Shirley
- tempo
- temporal
- temporal bone
- temporalis
- temporality