Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Crustacea, one of the parts of the antennæ, borne upon the basicerite. It is a scale-like appendage, considered morphologically to represent an exopodite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennæ of many Crustacea.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A flattened
plate orscale attached to the secondjoint of theantennae of manycrustaceans .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek boat + English cerite.
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