1935 R. E. Snodgrass Princ. InsectMorphol. vi. 102The gnathocephalon is the region of the insect head that supports the mandibles, the maxillae, and the labium.
1964 R. M. & J. W. Fox Introd. Compar. Ent. ii. 42The gnathocephalon bears the mouthparts.
Ibid. ,The gnathocephalic ganglia frequently are fused into a single mass.
1887 Ann. New YorkAcad. Sci. June 39This genus ..approaches Julomorpha, especially in the construction of the gnathochilarium. [ sc. Nannolene]
1964 R. M. & J. W. Fox Introd. Compar. Ent. iii. 85Diplopods have an accessory feeding structure located behind and between the mandibles, a highly modified affair called the gnathochilarium.
1959 New Scientist 2 Apr. 736/1 Many devices have been produced.., with the titles of oral force-meters or gnathodynamometers. [ for measuring biting power]
1969 Gloss. Terms Dentistry (B.S.I.) 75Gnathodynamometer, an instrument for measuring the force exerted in closing the jaws.
1948 Smithsonian Misc. Coll. CX. x. 61The distinctive feature relating to the feeding apparatus of the Acarina is the presence of a discrete head structure carrying the mouth parts, known as the capitulum, capitellum, or gnathosoma.
1959 T. E. Hughes Mites x. 135The gnathosoma is movable on the rest of the body and is well sclerotized... The gnathosomal roof consists of the fused tergites of the segments concerned.
1964 R. M. & J. W. Fox Introd. Compar. Ent. iii. 81The large, complex order Acarida is characterized by the presence of a gnathosome (capitulum) formed from anterior segments and having the appearance of a little head bearing the mouthparts.
1870 Baird & Cooper Ornithol. I. 567Gnathotheca, the covering of the lower jaw.
1889 Cent. Dict. ,Gnathotheca.
1890 E. Coues Handbk. Field &Gen. Ornithol. ii. iii. 151The entire covering of both jaws together is called rhamphotheca..of the under, gnathotheca..but these terms are not much used.
1959 Van Tyne & Berger Fund. Ornith. ii. 31The oral cavity is bounded by the horny coverings of the upper (rhinotheca) and lower (gnathotheca) mandibles.
gnatho-
before vowels gnath-, word-forming element meaning "jaw, mouth part, beak (of a bird)," from Greek gnathos "jaw" (see gnathic).
gnatho-
combining form
see gnath-
see gnath-