gnathaladj.
/ˈneɪθəl/ = gnathic adj.
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1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 941 Of these three primary segments (macrosomites) of the primitive body, the first corresponds to the sum of the jaw-bearing (gnathophorous) metameres—gnathal macrosomites.
1935 R. E. Snodgrass Princ. Insect Morphol. vi. 100 The embryonic gnathal segments constitute a distinct gnathal section of the trunk.
1964 R. M. Fox & J. W. Fox Introd. Compar. Entomol. v. 138 It is interesting to find that the Diplopoda, despite the difficulty in homologizing their gnathal segments, also have four pairs of glands.
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