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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The inner branch of a gnathite or mouth-appendage in crustaceans.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See maxilla.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of crustaceans.

Etymologies

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endo- + Ancient Greek the jaw.

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