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n.- Pairs of simple or segmented appendages at the posterior end of various arthropods.

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  • The legs are about the same size and length and are set back underneath the body. cerci, which is a pair of appendages near the end of the abdomen.
  • Cercopoda: jointed foot-like appendages of the last abdominal segment; also applied like cerci.
  • This particular individual was ~4.5 mm long from the front of its head to the tips of the appendages cerci at the rear end.
  • Penicilli: a pair of small style or cerci-like pieces on the tip of the 8th dorsal segment of abdomen of various male Hymenoptera.
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