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-cercous

-cercous suffix: pertaining to a tail-like structure.

Suffix

-cercous

  1. Pertaining to a tail-like structure.

Origin of -cercous

From New Latin cercus, from Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).

Questions about -cercous

What does -cercous mean?
-cercous means pertaining to a tail-like structure.
What part of speech is -cercous?
-cercous is a suffix.

Words near -cercous in the dictionary

  1. -cephalic
  2. -cephalous
  3. -cephaly
  4. -ception
  5. -ceptor
  6. -cercous
  7. -ces
  8. -cest
  9. -cester
  10. -cha
  11. -chan

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