paragnathus

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin paragnathus, from para- + Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”).[1] Compare earlier paragnatha.[2]

Noun

paragnathus (plural paragnathi)

  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.

References

  1. ^ “paragnathus, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ “paragnatha, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

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