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ˈsɜr kəs, ˈkɛr-; ˈsɜr saɪ, ˈkɛr kicer·cus
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Wiktionary
cercusnoun
certain hair-like sensory structures on some types of insects.
Etymology: From cercus, from κέρκος.
Wikipedia
Cercus
Cerci (singular cercus) are paired appendages on the rear-most segments of many arthropods, including insects and symphylans. Many forms of cerci serve as sensory organs, but some serve as pinching weapons or as organs of copulation. In many insects, they simply may be functionless vestigial structures. In basal arthropods, such as silverfish, the cerci originate from the eleventh abdominal segment. As segment eleven is reduced or absent in the majority of arthropods, in such cases, the cerci emerge from the tenth abdominal segment. It is not clear that other structures so named are homologous. In the Symphyla they are associated with spinnerets.
Webster Dictionary
Cercusnoun
see Cercopod
Etymology: [NL., fr. Gr. ke`rkos tail.]
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Cercus
Cerci are paired appendages on the rear-most segments of many arthropods, including insects and arachnids but not crustaceans. Cerci often serve as sensory organs, but they may also be used as weapons or copulation aids, or they may simply be vestigial structures. Typical cerci may appear to be jointed and hair-like, but they can take very different forms. Earwigs and some diplurans have large, stout pincer-like cerci. Crickets have particularly long cerci while other insects have cerci that are too small to be noticeable. Some insects such as mayflies have an accompanying third tail filament which extends from the tip of the abdomen. Aphids have tube-like cornicles or siphunculi that are sometimes mistaken for cerci. Like a surprising number of insect body parts, including mandibles and antennae, cerci are thought to have evolved from what were legs on the primal insect form; a creature not unlike a caterpillar, velvet worm, or centipede, worm-like with many pairs of legs, one for each segment.
Entomology
Cercus
see cerci.
Anagrams for cercus »
cruces
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cercus in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cercus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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