paragnathus

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English

Noun

paragnathus (plural paragnathi or paragnatha)

  1. (zoology) One of the two lobes forming the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea.
  2. (zoology) One of the small, horny, tooth-like jaws of certain annelids.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for paragnathus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)