Definition of Cercopod. Meaning of Cercopod. Synonyms of Cercopod

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Definition of Cercopod

Cercopod
Cercopod Cer"co*pod, n. [Gr. ? tail + -pod.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the jointed antenniform appendages of the posterior somites of certain insects. --Packard.

Meaning of Cercopod from wikipedia

- Cerci (sg.: cercus) are paired appendages on the rear-most segments of many arthropods, including insects and symphylans. Many forms of cerci serve as...
- its elongated tail structures (cercopods) are often nearly as long as the rest of the body; including the cercopods, the body may reach 75 mm (3.0 in)...
- without appendages, and a telson, which bears two flattened caudal rami or "cercopods". The head contains two digestive glands and the small lobate stomach...
- compound eyes, up to 48 pairs of phyllopods (swimming appendages), and two cercopods, pincer-like appendages at the end of its telson, or tail segment. It...
- males. At the end of the abdomen, a caudal furca is made up of two red cercopods, which are long, thin and setose. Reports of the size of Tanymastix stagnalis...