Anim. Phys. [f. Gr. βάσι-ς base + κέρ-ας horn, antenna + -ITE.] The second segment of the antenna of an Arthropod, reckoning from the head.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., vi. 314. A basicerite, to the outer portion of which a flattened plate
is articulated.