Definition of Pterigopodium

Definition of Pterigopodium

||Pter`y*go*po"di*um (?), n.; pl. Pterygopodia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, a fin + &?;, dim. of &?;, &?;, a foot.] (Anat.) A specially modified part of the ventral fin in male elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or clasper.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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