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Webster 1913 Edition

Gnathotheca

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Gnathˊo-the′ca

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Noun.

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pl.

Gnathothecae

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[NL., fr. Gr.

γνάθοσ

the jaw + [GREEK] a box.]

(Zool.)

The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.