The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:Basicerite \Ba*sic"er*ite\ (b[.a]*s[i^]s"[~e]r*[=o]t), n. [Basi- + Gr. ke`ras horn, antenna.] (Zool.) The second joint of the antenn[ae] of crustaceans. [1913 Webster]