caecum
noun
caeca
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pluralof caecum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Alimentary 798 canal sometimes with protrusible proboscis; never with gizzard or oesophageal glands; intestine with caeca as a rule.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
I am betimes sensible of the little breezes that begin to sing and whistle within, forerunners of the storm: "Ceu flamina prima Cum deprensa fremunt sylvis et caeca volutant Murmura, venturos nautis prodentia ventos."
From The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 18 by Charles Cotton
I am betimes sensible of the little breezes that begin to sing and whistle within, forerunners of the storm: "Ceu flamina prima Cum deprensa fremunt sylvis et caeca volutant Murmura, venturos nautis prodentia ventos."
From The Essays of Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne
Among the purely aquatic families such structures are very rare, and are represented by two caeca in the genus Limnodriloides.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
The absence of such renal caeca in Limulus and their presence in the terrestrial Arachnida is precisely on a parallel with their absence in aquatic Crustacea and their presence in the feebly branchiate Amphipoda.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
