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Scaphognathite
Sca-phog′na-thite
,Noun.
[Gr.
σκάφη
boat + γνάθοσ
jaw.] (Zool.)
A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity.