Cercus

What do we mean by cercus?

Either of a pair of appendages located near the tip of the abdomen in many insects and certain other arthropods, usually having a sensory function. noun

In entomology, one of the feelers which project from the hinder parts of some insects; one of the more or less antenniform appendages of some insects, the anal limbs or anal forceps (also called anal cerci), usually jointed, as in the cockroach. noun

In anatomy, a bristle or bristle-like structure. noun

cap. (Latreille, 1796.) A genus of clavicorn beetles, of the family Nitidulidæ. noun

See cercopod. noun

Certain hair-like sensory structures on some types of insects. noun

Structures on the end of on the end of the abdomen of most insects, sometimes long, hairlike sensory organs and sometimes smaller and rigid.

Words that are spelled similarly to cercus:
cercus, circus, cereus, cercis, cervus, cerous, cecus, curcus, certus.

Words that rhyme with cercus:
quercus, turkis, clearchus.

Adjectives that are often used to describe cercus:
left, male, right, anal, bacillus, contralateral, female.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective cercus:
elongate.

Consonant match to cercus:
sarcous, sarkis.

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