Meaning of acrembolic | Babel Free

Definitions

Able to be withdrawn by muscles that cause the tip to sink inwards.

not-comparable

Examples

“In contrast to Archidoris, N. claurina has a swollen prostate, an acrembolic penis, a strange anastomosis of the vagina and the duct connecting the allosperm receptacles, and, most significantly, minute caryophyllid tubercles.”

“The acrembolic type⟳ has appeared independently several times in gastropods, including some heterobranchs, while the pleurembolic proboscis may have⟳ appeared only once.”

“In the Pyramidellidae, attachment of the gastropod to its host⟳ is by way of a sucker situated at the tip⟳ of the long, acrembolic proboscis while the jaw, modified to form⟳ a buccal stylet, serves to pierce the integument of the host⟳; there is no radula.”

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