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gnathotheca

gnathotheca noun: the horny covering of the lower part of a bird's beak.

Noun

gnathotheca

  1. The horny covering of the lower part of a bird's beak.

Origin of gnathotheca

From gnatho- + theca.

Questions about gnathotheca

What does gnathotheca mean?
Gnathotheca means the horny covering of the lower part of a bird's beak.
What part of speech is gnathotheca?
Gnathotheca is a noun.

Words near gnathotheca in the dictionary

  1. gnathostomes
  2. gnathostomiasis
  3. gnathostomosis
  4. gnathostomulid
  5. gnathostomulids
  6. gnathotheca
  7. gnathothecal
  8. gnatless
  9. gnatlike
  10. gnatling
  11. gnatlings

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