procerite
procerite noun: the segment next to the flagellum of the antennae of crustaceans.
Noun
procerite (plural procerites)
- The segment next to the flagellum of the antennae of crustaceans.
- Merocerite or second joint also furnished with a few yellow hairs, like the carpocerite; terminal filament or procerite a little shorter than the carapace, multiarticulate and provided with long yellow verticilated hairs.1881, Hermann Schlegel, Notes from the Leyden Museum - Volumes 3-4, page 133
- a third, fourth, and fifth joints, narrower than the preceding, and called respectively the ischiocerite, merocerite and carpocerite, and articulated with the last an extremely long many-jointed flagellum or procerite.1882, William Aitcheson Haswell, Australian Museum, Catalogue of the Australian Stalk- and Sessile-eyed Crustacea, page ix
Forms of procerite
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Origin of procerite
From pro- + Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -ite.
Questions about procerite
- What does procerite mean?
- Procerite means the segment next to the flagellum of the antennae of crustaceans.
- What part of speech is procerite?
- Procerite is a noun.
- What is the plural of procerite?
- The plural of procerite is procerites.
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