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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PARAGNATH

PARAGNATH Par "ag *nath, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Same as Paragnathus.

 

PARAGNATHOUS

PARAGNATHOUS Pa *rag "na *thous, a. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Having both mandibles of equal length, the tips meeting, as in certain birds.

 

PARAGNATHUS

Pa *rag "na *thus, n.; pl. Paragnathi. Etym: [NL. See Para-, and Gnathic. ] (Zoöl.) (a ) One of the two lobes which form the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea. (b ) One of the small, horny, toothlike jaws of certain annelids.