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the small, usually degenerate (except for gonads) male which lives attached to the female, e.g. some Ceratioidei. Also and less preferably called parasitic male
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
complemental male
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parasitic male — complemental male (the small, usually degenerate (except for gonads) male which lives attached to the female, e.g. some Ceratioidei. Parasitic male is the less preferable name) … Dictionary of ichthyology
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complementary male — noun : complemental male * * * complementary male, (in certain crustaceans and worms) a dwarf male that lives as a parasite upon the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals … Useful english dictionary
dwarf male — (Subclass Cirripedia): In barnacle, term applied to relatively small male attached to female individual. (See also complemental male) [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
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sex — /seks/, n. 1. either the male or female division of a species, esp. as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions. 2. the sum of the structural and functional differences by which the male and female are distinguished, or the… … Universalium
