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

  • noun One of the two lobes which form the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea.
  • noun One of the small, horny, toothlike jaws of certain annelids.

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  • noun zoology One of the two lobes forming the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea.
  • noun zoology One of the small, horny, tooth-like jaws of certain annelids.

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