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gnathidium

gnathidium noun: the ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked.

Noun

gnathidium (plural gnathidia)

  1. (dated) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked

Forms of gnathidium

pluralgnathidia

Origin of gnathidium

Learned borrowing from New Latin gnathidium. By surface analysis, gnath- + -idium.

Questions about gnathidium

What does gnathidium mean?
Gnathidium means the ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked.
What part of speech is gnathidium?
Gnathidium is a noun.
What is the plural of gnathidium?
The plural of gnathidium is gnathidia.

Words near gnathidium in the dictionary

  1. gnathalgia
  2. gnathia
  3. gnathic
  4. gnathic index
  5. gnathidia
  6. gnathidium
  7. gnathiferan
  8. gnathiferans
  9. gnathiid
  10. gnathiids
  11. gnathion

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