Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the tail; caudal; coccygeal.
- Specifically Of or pertaining to the cerci of an insect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the tail.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Of or pertaining to the
tail .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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The cercal armature of the Burmjapyx type (Silvestri, 1930; sensu Paclt, 1957) together with the characteristics of the glandular organs of the first urosternite set it apart from the known Japygidae.
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Their caudal fins (tails) are homo cercal that is the upper and lower lobes are more or less the same size as opposed to the tail of the tiger shark for example. therefore when swimming near the surface the tail may not show.
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