"love dart" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: love darts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} love dart (plural love darts)
  1. A calcareous spicule that a gastropod mollusc drives into the body wall of its partner prior to copulation. Synonyms: gypsobelum, spiculum amoris Related terms: dart sac
    Sense id: en-love_dart-en-noun-G9Gvytc- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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