Etymology

gnathopod

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Ancient Greek γνάθος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγνάθος“the jaw”
  2. English todaygnathopod

From Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “the jaw”) + -pod.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγνάθος all →

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