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- noun Plural form of
cercopod .
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Examples
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The rest of their body is elongate terminating in a pair of filamentous cercopods.
Crustacea 2008
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For instance, in an immature cockroach both male and female carry a pair of jointed tail-feelers or cercopods on the tenth abdominal segment, and a pair of unjointed limbs or stylets on the ninth.
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In the adult stage, both sexes possess cercopods, but the males only have stylets, those of the female disappearing at the final moult.
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The baby cockroach (fig. 4 _d_) is known by its flattened body, rounded prothorax, and stiff, jointed tail-feelers or cercopods; the baby grasshopper by its strong, elongate hind-legs, adapted, like those of the adult, for vigorous leaping.
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The rest of their body is elongate terminating in a pair of filamentous cercopods.
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