Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
cercus .
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- noun Plural form of
cercus .
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Examples
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Anal fork: applied to the cerci of Coleopterous larvae.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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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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