rhopalocercous

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adjective

Having a series of fleshy lobes or filaments.

OriginNew Latin rhopalium ← Ancient Greek ῥοπαλιον →
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Meanings

adjectiverhopalocercous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving a series of fleshy lobes or filaments.

    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 […]

    1971, Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekῥοπαλιον
  2. New Latinrhopalium
  3. Englishrhopalocercous

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

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APA

rhopalocercous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhopalocercous

MLA

“rhopalocercous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhopalocercous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rhopalocercous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhopalocercous.

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