Assertion: cuttlefish's arm | /r/CapableOf | call hectocotylus
Facets:
value: to transfer spermatophores
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: When octopuses reproduce, the male uses a specialised arm called a hectocotylus to transfer spermatophores (packets of sperm) from the terminal organ of the reproductive tract (the cephalopod "penis") into the female's mantle cavity.
text: As in all cephalopods, fertilization is internal, with the male transferring spermatophore packets into the female's mantle cavity using a specially modified arm called the hectocotylus.
text: Octopuses have separate sexes, and the male has a specially modified arm, called a hectocotylus, by means of which it inserts spermatophores, or packets of sperm, directly into the female’s mantle cavity.
text: The modified arm used by males for fertilisation, called the hectocotylus, is borne on the left ventral arm.