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CIDE DICTIONARY

scaphognathite

CIDE DICTIONARY

scaphognathiten. [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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