monaulic

adjective

mon·​au·​lic

(ˈ)mä¦nȯlik

: having a single common genital opening

—used of an hermaphroditic animal

Word History

Etymology

mon- + Greek aulos pipe, tube, reed instrument like an oboe + English -ic

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