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toxicognath

toxicognath noun: one of a pair of modified legs on a centipede which function as poison fangs.

Noun

toxicognath (plural toxicognaths)

  1. One of a pair of modified legs on a centipede which function as poison fangs.
    • Colour yellowish brown, with the cephalite and toxicognaths darker reddish brown. Integument sparsely hairy and punctured. Cephalite parallel-sided, its posterior border convexly rounded; frontal area with its sides converging[…]1902, Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, page 423
    • Centipedes are able to overpower relatively large and active prey by means of their powerful toxicognaths, with which they not only grasp but also paralyse or even kill their victims through delivery of poison.2004, G. M. Barker, Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs, CABI, →ISBN, page 418

Forms of toxicognath

pluraltoxicognaths

Questions about toxicognath

What does toxicognath mean?
Toxicognath means one of a pair of modified legs on a centipede which function as poison fangs.
What part of speech is toxicognath?
Toxicognath is a noun.
What is the plural of toxicognath?
The plural of toxicognath is toxicognaths.

Words near toxicognath in the dictionary

  1. toxicogenicity
  2. toxicogenome
  3. toxicogenomes
  4. toxicogenomic
  5. toxicogenomics
  6. toxicognath
  7. toxicognaths
  8. toxicoid
  9. toxicoinfection
  10. toxicoinfections
  11. toxicoinfectious

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