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[sair-SUS] (pl., cerci [sair-SEE]) a short, feeler-like appendage located on an insect's abdomen, near the tip.
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Noun. (Greek, kerkos = tail. Pl., cerci). An appendage (generally paired) of the tenth abdominal segment. Usually regarded as sensory and characteristically slender, filamentous and segmented. Not segmented in Orthoptera, Phasmatodea and Dermaptera. Incorrectly applied to appendicular structures on the ninth segment of Coleoptera larvae, or eighth and ninth segments of Hymenoptera. See: Urogomphus, Pygostylus.
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(pl, cerci). An appendage of the tenth abdominal segment usually triangular and short in grasshoppers (Fig. 8).
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one pair of appendages at the hind end of the abdomen
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(pl. cerci): One-segmented, pad-like lobe, paired. Anus positioned between cerci.
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