cercus
noun
one of a pair of appendages at the rear of the abdomen of certain insects and other arthropods, serving as tactile organs.
cerci
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pluralof cercus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At the base of the tail-feelers or cerci also, there are little tufts of thread-like gills as J. A.
From The Life-Story of Insects by George H. (George Herbert) Carpenter
Infra-cereal plates: in Orthoptera - generally inconspicuous paired plates which underlie in part the cerci and in part the lateral portion of the supra-anal plate.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Whether cerci, stylets and gonapophyses are developed from these rudiments has been much debated.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
The stylets, when present, are placed on the ninth segment, and in some Thysanura exist also on the eighth segment; their development takes place later in life than that of the cerci.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
The appendages of the abdomen are called cerci, stylets and gonapophyses.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
