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Definition: DIPHYCERCAL

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having the tail fin divided into two equal parts by the notochord, or end of the vertebral column; protocercal.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb diphycercally.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(diphycercally)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective diphycercal.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Diphycercal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Diphycercal \Diph`y*cer"cal\, adjective. [from Greek expression difyh`s double (di- di`s- twice fy`ein to produce) ke`rkos tail.]. (references)

Definition: DIPHYCERCAL

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Having the tail fin divided into two equal parts by the notochord, or end of the vertebral column; protocercal.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb diphycercally.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(diphycercally)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective diphycercal.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "DIPHYCERCAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Diphycercal \Diph`y*cer"cal\, adjective. [from Greek expression difyh`s double (di- di`s- twice fy`ein to produce) ke`rkos tail.]. (references)