- Basicerite
- Basicerite Ba*sic"er*ite (b[.a]*s[i^]s"[~e]r*[=o]t), n. [Basi- + Gr. ke`ras horn, antenna.] (Zo["o]l.) The second joint of the antenn[ae] of crustaceans. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Basicerite
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basicerite — Second or distal segment of the protopodite of antenna, to which are attached the scale and peduncle [Butler, T.H.]. Second segment of antennal peduncle (in Caridea bearing scaphocerite) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Second segment of antennal… … Crustacea glossary
basicerite — n. [Gr. basis, base; keras, horn] (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In Decapoda, the second segment of the antennal stalk of shrimp (Caridea) that bear flattened exopods … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
basicerite — … Useful english dictionary
coxicerite — (Order Decapoda): In antenna, term applied to first of two segments (coxicerite, basicerite) of peduncle [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
