cercopod

English

Etymology

Noun

cercopod (plural cercopods)

(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 […]

References

“cercopod”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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