urogomphus

Look at other dictionaries:

• urogomphus — uro·gom·phus …   English syllables

• median cercus — see urogomphus …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• pseudocercus — see urogomphus …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• urogomphi — n. pl.; sing. urogomphus [Gr. oura, tail; gomphos, club] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Coleoptera larvae, a pair of outgrowths of the tergum of segment 9 in the form of short spines or multiarticulate processes; pseudocerci; corniculi …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• pseudocercus — “+ noun Etymology: New Latin, pseud + cercus : a process on the terminal segments of various insect larvae called also urogomphus …   Useful english dictionary