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cercopod

cercopod noun: cercus.

Noun

cercopod (plural cercopods)

  1. cercus.
    • The long, slender terminal segment bears two very long, narrow cercopods ending in one large and several small setæ[…]1877, Alpheus Spring Packard, A Monograph of the Phyllopod Crustacea of North America

Forms of cercopod

pluralcercopods

Origin of cercopod

Ancient Greek

Questions about cercopod

What does cercopod mean?
Cercopod means cercus.
What part of speech is cercopod?
Cercopod is a noun.
What is the plural of cercopod?
The plural of cercopod is cercopods.

Words near cercopod in the dictionary

  1. cercopithecine
  2. cercopithecines
  3. cercopithecins
  4. cercopithecoid
  5. cercopithecoids
  6. cercopod
  7. cercopods
  8. cercopoid
  9. cercosporamide
  10. cercosporin
  11. cercosporine

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