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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 407associated segments modified for reproductive purposes,i.e., chelicera, palp, leg, pleopod.gonopody n. [Gr. gone, that which produces seed; pous, foot]A type of internal fertilization whereby the male sperm istransferred by an appendage to the female genital organs;sperm transfer which is nearly direct. see podospermia,tocospermia.gonopore n. [Gr. gone, that which produces seed; poros,channel] 1. The external opening of the reproductive organs.2. (ARTHRO: Crustacea) The sexual pore. 3. (NEMATA)The vulva in females; the anus or cloacal opening in males.gonosome n. [Gr. gone, that which produces seed; soma,body] (CNID: Hydrozoa) All gonophores of a colony collectively.see trophosome.gonosomite see genital segmentgonostyle n. [Gr. gone, that which produces seed; stylos, pillar](CNID: Hydrozoa) The blastostyle; gonodendron.gonostylus n.; pl. gonostylii [Gr. gone, that which producesseed; stylos, pillar] (ARTHRO: Insecta) The stylus of agenital segment; harpago; style; stylus; paramere.gonotheca n. [Gr. gone, that which produces seed; theke,case] (CNID: Hydrozoa) In Leptomedusae, a vase-like coveringof the stalklike blastostyles.gonotreme n. [Gr. gone, that which produces seed; trema,hole] (ARTHRO: Insecta) The female gonopore, oviporus(secondary gonopore), or vulva; in males, the gonopore.gonotrophic concordancy (ARTHRO: Insecta) In certain mosquitoes,discontinuation, or only occasional ingesting ofblood meals after ovulation has stopped. see gonotrophicdissociation.gonotrophic dissociation (ARTHRO: Insecta) In certain mosquitoes,the continuation of ingesting blood meals afterovulation has stopped. see gonotrophic concordancy.gonotyl n. [Gr. gone, that which produces seed; tylos, knob](PLATY: Trematoda) In digenetic forms, a sucker or otherperigenital specialization associated with the genital atrium.gonozooecium n. [Gr. gone, that which produces seed; zoon,