endognath

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noun

The inner or principal series of oral appendages of crustaceans.

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Meanings

nounendognath (plural endognaths)

plural endognaths

  1. biologyThe inner or principal series of oral appendages of crustaceans.

    the cheliceræ, and the four pairs of endognaths dwindled away and became insignificant, leaving as trace of their former presence the descending root of the Vth nerve

    1908, Walter Holbrook Gaskell, The Origin of Vertebrates

Origin

From endo- + -gnath (“jaw”).

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endognath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endognath

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“endognath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endognath. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “endognath,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endognath.

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