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cercus

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cercus [′sər·kəs]
(invertebrate zoology)
Either of a pair of segmented sensory appendages on the last abdominal segment of many insects and certain other anthropods. Also known as cercopod.
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Cercus distinctly elongate, not widened, and with almost acute apex (Figs 30, 33, 36, 38) 2 -- Hind edge of pronotal lateral lobe more or less vertical (Figs 19, 22).
Katydids of the genus Ewanella and of the subgenus Megalotheca ... by Gorochov, Andrej V. / African Invertebrates
Cercus setose, with posterior pair of large peglike setae, setulose throughout.
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