rhopalocercous

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English

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Etymology

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From New Latin rhopalium, from Ancient Greek ῥοπαλιον (rhopalion), diminutive of ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, club) +‎ -cercous.

Adjective

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rhopalocercous (not comparable)

  1. Having a series of fleshy lobes or filaments.
    • 1971, Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington:
      Although the number of pesterior dorsal papillae has never been noted in any rhopalocercous species to vary by more than one, those of the posterior ventral survace in C. catatonki []