rhopalocercous

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

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 […]