cercus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A structure on the end of the abdomen of most insects, sometimes long, hairlike sensory organs and sometimes smaller and rigid.

cercus cerci

From New Latin cercus, from Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).

cercopod

cercal

procercus

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