cercopod

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Noun

cercopod (plural cercopods)

  1. (zoology) cercus.
    • 1877, Alpheus Spring Packard, A Monograph of the Phyllopod Crustacea of North America:
      The long, slender terminal segment bears two very long, narrow cercopods ending in one large and several small setæ []

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