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Webster 1913 Edition


Gnathidium


Gna-thid′i-um

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Noun.
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pl.
Gnathidia
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[NL., fr. Gr.
γνάθοσ
the jaw.]
(Zool.)
The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; – commonly used in the plural.

Definition 2024


gnathidium

gnathidium

English

Noun

gnathidium (plural gnathidia)

  1. (zoology) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked.