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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plural of cercus.

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  • noun Plural form of cercus.

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Examples

  • The legs are about the same size and length and are set back underneath the body. cerci, which is a pair of appendages near the end of the abdomen.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • The legs are about the same size and length and are set back underneath the body. cerci, which is a pair of appendages near the end of the abdomen.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The legs are about the same size and length and are set back underneath the body. cerci, which is a pair of appendages near the end of the abdomen.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • But it is not, because I found it in a sealed bag therefore, it came out of a snail shell & it has a pair of cerci that are characteristics of drilid larvae.

    It was 5 years ago today AYDIN 2009

  • This particular individual was ~4.5 mm long from the front of its head to the tips of the appendages cerci at the rear end.

    An immaculate symphylan AYDIN 2007

  • This particular individual was ~4.5 mm long from the front of its head to the tips of the appendages cerci at the rear end.

    Archive 2007-12-01 AYDIN 2007

  • Penicilli: a pair of small style or cerci-like pieces on the tip of the 8th dorsal segment of abdomen of various male Hymenoptera.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

  • 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.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

  • Anal fork: applied to the cerci of Coleopterous larvae.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

  • Cercopoda: jointed foot-like appendages of the last abdominal segment; also applied like cerci.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

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