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caecum
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cae·cum (skm)
n.
Variant of cecum.
caecum [se´kum] (L.)
1. the first part of the large intestine, forming a dilated pouch into which open the ileum, colon, and vermiform appendix. Spelled also cecum.
2. cul-de-sac.
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Description D XII-XIV (XIII), 12-14 (14); A III, 6-8 (8); P1 17-19 (18), 4-9 (6) simple; lateral-line pores 30-34 (31), scales 42-57; infraorbital spines 2-10 (9); gill rakers 29-34 (8-10 + 21-24) (31:9+22); vertebrae 27 (10+17); pyloric caeca 9-12.
Species of the rougheye rockfish complex: resurrection of Sebastes ... by Orr, James W.; Hawkins, Sharon / Fishery Bulletin
Caeca bifurcating just anteriorly to ventral sucker, 151 (140-160) long by 18 (16-21) wide.
Parasites of the stout razor clam Tagelus plebeius (Psammobiidae) ... by Cremonte, Florencia / Journal of Shellfish Research
Here the Roman poet contrasts his vision of civic renewal against the designs of greedy opportunists to control the state: "Sollicitant alii remis freta caeca, ruuntque / In ferrum, penetrant aulas et limina regum" (Some weary the blind seas with oars and rush upon the sword, they advance to the halls and palaces of kings) (504-05).
Citing Petrarch in Naples: the politics of commentary in Cariteo's ... by Kennedy, William J. / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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