Etymograph

English

acrocercus

From acro- + cercus.

A compound of acro- + cercus

Ancient Greek κέρκος ‘tail’

New Latin cercus

English cercus

Today it means

noun The sense organ located on one of the apicalmost abdominal terga of an insect; a cercus.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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