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gnathite Zool.|ˈneɪθaɪt| [f. Gr. γνάθ-ος jaw + -ite.] One of the mouth-appendages of the Arthropoda.
1870Nicholson Zool. 191 There is always a complicated set of ‘gnathites’, or appendages modified for masticatory purposes, surrounding the mouth. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vi. 256 There is a stage in which the gnathites are completely converted into jaws. |