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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cercus /ˈsəːkəs/

▶noun (pl. cerci /-kʌɪ/) Zoology either of a pair of small appendages at the end of the abdomen of some insects and other arthropods.

– origin C19: from mod. L., from Gk kerkos ‘tail’.

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