aedeagus
/iˈdiː.ə.ɡəs/noun
aedeagus is a noun meaning “A copulatory organ of some male insects” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-E-D-E-A-G-U-S, and it appears about once in every 56 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of aedeagus is aedeagi.
What does aedeagus mean?
noun
- 1
A copulatory organ of some male insects.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce aedeagus?
- /iˈdiː.ə.ɡəs/
- /i.diˈeɪ.ɡəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of aedeagus
- aedeagi plural
- aedoeagus
- adeagus
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is aedeagus?
Aedeagus appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Aedeagus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense copulatory organ of insects:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | edeago |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does aedeagus come from?
From New Latin aedeagus, derived from Ancient Greek αἰδοῖα (aidoîa, “private parts, pudenda”) + ἀγός (agós, “leader”), from ἄγω (ágō, “I lead”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).