triaulic

English

Etymology

tri- +‎ aulic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːlɪk

Adjective

triaulic (not comparable)

1. (biology) Having three reproductive duct systems, one for the deposit of sperm, one for receiving sperm, and one for depositing eggs.
   • 1964, Michael T. Ghiselin, Reproductive Function and the Evolution of Opisthobranch Gastropods:

     In androdiaulic and triaulic forms the movement of sperm is largely by muscular action, but the function of congealing the sperm into a more or less unitary mass is retained by the prostate.

   • 2010, Janet Leonard, The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals, page 161:

     Cervera et al. (2000) described three distinct patterns of division of reproductive systems of pleurobranchids producing three different triaulic arrangements.

Coordinate terms

• diaulic
• monaulic

Anagrams

• articuli, ritualic, uralitic