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Webster 1913 Edition

Metagnathous

Me-tag′na-thous

,

Adj.

[Pref.

meta-

+ Gr.

γνάθοσ

the jaw.]

(Zool.)

Cross-billed; – said of certain birds, as the crossbill.

Definition 2024

metagnathous

metagnathous

English

Adjective

metagnathous ‎(not comparable)

(zoology) having the mandibles crossing at the tip of the bill, as in the crossbill