Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In zoology and anatomy, the cheek: an indefinite region on the side of the head or face between the ear, eye, and nose.
  • noun [capitalized] [NL.] In conchology, a genus of gastropod mollusks.

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

  • The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
  • The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.

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

  • noun zoology The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
  • noun zoology The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Latin, the cheek.

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Examples

  • Tammy said ... ohhh cant wait read darkest whisper!! love all gena showalter books!!!!

    Guest Author: Gena Showalter - The Darkest Whisper Nalini Singh 2009

  • That IS fantastic! mmmm, I loved him in Farscape! gena showalter

    Ben Browder Portrait - SciFiChick.com 2006

  • So it's sad that it happened, but I'm excited about getting to my new post, called "Jamagen" which I think, at least in Woolof, means "Peace" (jamma) and "more or most" (gena).

    In the direction of my daydreams 2006

  • So it's sad that it happened, but I'm excited about getting to my new post, called "Jamagen" which I think, at least in Woolof, means "Peace" (jamma) and "more or most" (gena).

    Archive 2006-12-01 2006

  • And here he was, looking like the chromo gena -- Jesus with all his beards and such.

    Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol 1996

  • Gervase is said of gerar, which is as much to say as a vessel, or holy, or of gena, that is to say strange, and of syor, that is little, for he was holy by merit of his life; a vessel for to receive virtues in himself; strange by despising of the world, and he was little by despising of himself.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900

  • Under the Neutro - promises, reduce fit, and ultimately undermine gena name, the company expanded into a wide competitive advantage.

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  • Mi neshi ddwyn heater o'r stafell gyfrifiadur ond ma hwnnw gena ni erioed a diom yn dda iawn felly dim ond cynhesu fy mhenegliniau oedd o.

    Blogiadur.com 2009

  • I watch baywatch cos of carmen electra .. gena nolin .. pam anderson ..

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  • WE Are proud of our smart leader, let the diaspora loosers and shaebiyans cry. gena gena yaleksalu.

    unknown title 2009

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