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Definition of Cerci
1. cercus [n] - See also: cercus
Medical Definition of Cerci
1. Plural of cercus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerci
Literary usage of Cerci
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Elongate, jointed cerci. Genital ducts paired and entirely mesodermal. Malpighian
tubes numerous (40). Aquatic larvae with distinct ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1897)
"cerci of male rounded at tip ; furcula scarcely protruding beyond the hind margin
of the last dorsal segment; apical margin of the subgenital plate slightly ..."
3. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences by Davenport Academy of Sciences (1899)
"Tip of male cerci angulate but not greatly produced below, this portion directed
posteriorly ... Middle of male cerci scarcely half as broad as the base; ..."
4. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1915)
"The cerci of the female are the same, lacking the two terminal filaments of the
other species. It differs in the lack of setae on the ..."
5. A Text-book of Invertebrate Morphology by James Playfair McMurrich (1896)
"Abdomen usually with cerci ; anterior wings chitinous, covering the posterior,
which fold fanlike and sometimes also transversely ; mouth-parts biting ..."
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