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Definition of Gnathite
1. n. Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillæ, and maxillipeds.
Definition of Gnathite
1. Noun. (zoology) Any of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gnathite
1. a jawlike appendage of an insect [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gnathite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnathite
Literary usage of Gnathite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Monograph of the British Fossil Crustacea, Belonging to the Order Merostomata by Henry Woodward (1878)
"The gnathite marked 4, on the right side, probably belonged to it. That on the
left side is but little displaced, and exhibits the ..."
2. An Introduction to the Study of General Biology: Designed for the Use of by Thomas C. MacGinley (1874)
"... gnathite" (fig. 88, A), is used to bala out the water of the branchial cavity
on Fig. 88. ... This gnathite; a ..."
3. Report on the Lancashire Sea-Fisheries at the University of Liverpool, and by University of Liverpool, Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Laboratory, University of Liverpool Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Laboratory (1907)
"... gnathite. x 1-J-. Fig. 28. Anterior view of the right second maxilla, ...
gnathite. The extensor muscles have been cut short, and the basal and inner ..."
4. Publication by Palaeontographical Society (Great Britain) (1866)
"The gnathite marked 4, on the right side, probably belonged to it. That on the
left side is but little displaced, and exhibits the ..."
5. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals: A by Gilbert Charles Bourne, Arthur Bolles Lee (1902)
"... gnathite of the second maxilla. The branchial chamber is, for the most part,
deep from above downwards, but narrow from side to side. ..."
6. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1898)
"... just as in Eurypterus and in Scorpio, and at its base a serrated gnathite edge
guarding on each side the place where the old mouth came to the surface, ..."
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