Assertion: cephalopod's arm | /r/Synonym | hectocotylus
Facets:
value: into the female mantle cavity
type: LOCATION
value: into the female's mantle
type: LOCATION
value: to transfer sperm
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The penis in most male Coleoidea is a long and muscular end of the vas deferens (tube for sperms) used to transfer spermatophores (sperm packages) to a modified arm called a hectocotylus.
text: The males use a modified arm, the hectocotylus, to transfer sperm to the female.
text: The male octopus uses a specialized arm called a hectocotylus to transfer sperm to the mantle cavity of a receptive female.
text: During mating, the male octopus inserts a specialized arm called a hectocotylus into the female's mantle, depositing a spermatophore.
text: The male holds the other octopus' mantle and tries to insert a modified arm called a hectocotylus into the female mantle cavity.
text: The male octopus has a specialized arm called a hectocotylus.
text: The male octopus uses an arm called ‘hectocotylus’ to carry spermatophores from the terminal organ of the reproductive tract into the female’s mantle cavity.
text: The males of most cephalopods develop a specialised arm for sperm delivery, the hectocotylus.