juxta

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noun

In males of most species of order Lepidoptera, an organ that supports the aedeagus and is located between the two valvae.

OriginLatin iuxta →
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Meanings

nounjuxta (plural juxtae)

plural juxtae

  1. In males of most species of order Lepidoptera, an organ that supports the aedeagus and is located between the two valvae.

    The juxta is simple.

    1971, The Moths of America North of Mexico, Including Greenland, page 73
preposition
  1. Near, alongside, next to.

    From Bodenick in Lanteglos juxta Fowey, the same as Leland's Bodeneck and Bodennck.

    1870, Richard Stephen Charnock, Patronymica Cornu-Britannica, page 7

Origin

  1. Latiniuxta
  2. Englishjuxta

From Latin iuxta.

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Chicago

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