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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In crustaceans, one of the delicate unjointed processes between the mandibles and maxillæ, forming a sort of lower lip.
  • noun In some annelids, one of the horny tooth-like processes or denticles on the wall of the buccal cavity. Also paragnathon, paragnathum, and paragnathus.

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

  • noun (Zoöl.) Same as paragnathus.

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  • noun zoology Alternative form of paragnathus..

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