Definition of Cercal

1. a. Of or pertaining to the tail.

Definition of Cercal

1. Adjective. (zoology) Of or pertaining to the tail. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cercal

1. cercus [adj] - See also: cercus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cercal

ceratopharyngeal part of middle pharyngeal constrictor
ceratopogonidae
ceratopsian
ceratopsians
ceratopsid
ceratopsids
ceratosaur
ceratosaurian
ceratosaurians
ceratosaurs
ceratosaurus
ceratozamia
ceraunics
cerauno-
ceraunoscopy
cercal (current term)
cercaria
cercariae
cercarial
cercarian
cercarians
cercarias
cerchiaraite
cerci
cercidosome
cercises
cerclage
cercocebus
cercocebus atys
cercocystis

Literary usage of Cercal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
"282) has a very hetero- cercal tail and smooth scales. The first dorsal is placed near the centre of the back, and the mouth is furnished with sharp teeth. ..."

2. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"Instead of having the hetero- cercal type of tail fin which is characteristic of modern elasmobranchs, it has a still more primitive one, a continuous ..."

3. Life on the Earth: Its Origin and Succession by John Phillips (1860)
"... while the latter may be called Hetero- cercal. ... races are all hetero- cercal, Mesozoic are mostly ..."

4. Report by Tasmania Dept. of Mines (1907)
"(a) Trias (?)— 2. Sandstones and shales with coal at Ida Bay. 1. Variegated sandstones with remains of hetero- cercal fishes and amphibians. ..."

5. Popular Science Monthly (1901)
"... cercal tail, the cellular air-bladder, the presence of valves in the arterial bulb, the presence of a spiral valve in the intestine and of a chiasma in ..."

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