cercopod

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek

Noun

cercopod (plural cercopods)

1. (zoology) cercus.
   • 1877, Alpheus Spring Packard, A Monograph of the Phyllopod Crustacea of North America:

     The long, slender terminal segment bears two very long, narrow cercopods ending in one large and several small setæ […]

References

• “cercopod”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.