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gena

/ˈd͡ʒɛnə/

gena noun: the cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.

Noun

gena (plural genae or genæ)

  1. The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
  2. The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.
  3. The part of the head below the compound eyes of Diptera, or an analogous part of the head of larvae without compound eyes.

Proper noun capitalized: Gena

Gena

  1. A female given name, a rare variant of Gina or short form of Genevieve.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Gena.

gena meaning in Tamil

gena in Tamil

கதுப்பு

Forms of gena

pluralgenae
pluralgenæ

Origin of gena

Borrowed from Latin gena (“cheek”). Doublet of chin.

Words that rhyme with gena

Questions about gena

What does gena mean?
Gena means the cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
What is gena in Tamil?
Gena in Tamil is கதுப்பு. See Gena meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gena?
Gena can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce gena?
Gena is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛnə/.
What is the plural of gena?
The plural of gena is genae.

Words near gena in the dictionary

  1. Gen-Zers
  2. gen.
  3. Gen. Climaco
  4. gen. ed.
  5. gen. et sp. nov.
  6. gena
  7. genae
  8. genAI
  9. genAIs
  10. genal
  11. GenAm

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gena (page history and authors); Gena (page history and authors); gena (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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