Assertion: octopus's arm | /r/CapableOf | call hectocotylus
Facets:
value: to transfer sperm
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: 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: Unlike females, "males have a modified third right arm called a hectocotylus, which has a sperm groove down it and a specialized tip," Mather said.
text: Male octopuses use a specialised arm called a hectocotylus to transfer sperm to the mantle cavity of a receptive female.