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Definition of Gnathites
1. gnathite [n] - See also: gnathite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnathites
Literary usage of Gnathites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1888)
"Thus we arrive at the following arrangement of the Arthropoda : ARTHROPODA. /.
Without gnathites. TRILOBITA. ... gnathites. ENTOMOSTRACA. MYRIAPODA. ..."
2. Transactions by Association for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings (Great Britain) (1905)
"The upper gnathites are drawn out into two straight lancets— one on either side,
... This is formed by the union of a third pair of gnathites, and curiously ..."
3. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia: With Figures of All the Species by Charles Darwin (1854)
"The muscles of the gnathites are the only other voluntary muscles in the animal's
... In every cirripede the mouth is formed of three pairs of gnathites, ..."
4. Elements of Comparative Anatomy by Carl Gegenbaur (1878)
"The development of the gnathites, or rather their differentiation from locomotor
appendages, is correlated with the development of the head, that is to say, ..."
5. Comparative Anatomy and Physiology by Francis Jeffrey Bell (1885)
"... there are but three pairs of definitely constituted appendages behind the
gnathites, and these are always attached to the thorax. ..."
6. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1904)
"The Insects are usually subdivided into eight Orders, which are mainly based (i)
on the structure of the gnathites ; (ii) on the nature of the wings; ..."
7. A Monograph of the British Fossil Crustacea, Belonging to the Order Merostomata by Henry Woodward (1878)
"Three gnathites, or jaws, are seen upon the right side of the head, and five on
the left; there is little doubt that the two ..."
8. Publication by Palaeontographical Society (Great Britain) (1866)
"Three gnathites, or jaws, are seen upon the right side of the head, and five on
the left; there is little doubt that the two ..."
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