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scaphism |
scaphite |
scaphocephalic |
scaphocephaly |
scaphocerite |
scaphognathite
| scaphoid
| scaphoid bone
| scapholunar
| scaphopod
| scaphopoda
scaphognathite
CIDE DICTIONARY
scaphognathite, n. [Gr. ska`fh boat + gna`qos jaw.].
A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity. [1913 Webster]
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