cercus

Meaning of cercus

noun

either of a pair of small appendages at the end of the abdomen of some insects and other arthropods.

early 19th century: from modern Latin, from Greek kerkos ‘tail’.

Information about cercus

  • It is a name.
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Hyphenation of cercus

cer-cus

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • cercus is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of cercus

cruces

Words that rhyme with cercus

Barcus, Marcus, arcus, Lupercus, Mamercus, Platycercus, Ptilocercus, Quercus, centrocercus, cryptocercus, cysticercus, dysdercus, pseudocercus, ptilocercus, quercus, stercus, strobilocercus, synercus, circus, hircus, Dorcus, Horcus, Orcus, orcus

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