Usually means: Sensory appendages at insect's rear.
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  1. cerci: Merriam-Webster
  2. cerci: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cerci: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Cerci, cerci: Wordnik
  5. cerci: Wiktionary
  6. Cerci, cerci: Dictionary.com
  7. Cerci: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Cerci: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. cerci: FreeDictionary.org
  10. cerci: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cerci: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. cerci: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. cerci: Medical dictionary

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  1. CERCI: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

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  1. Cerci: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See cercus as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cercus)

noun:  (entomology) A structure on the end of the abdomen of most insects, sometimes long, hairlike sensory organs and sometimes smaller and rigid.
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