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gna⋅thite

  [ney-thahyt, nath-ahyt]
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–noun Anatomy.
any of the mouth appendages of an insect or other arthropod.
Origin:
1865–70; < Gk gnáth(os) jaw + -ite 1
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gna·thite   (nā'thīt', nāth'īt')   
n.  A jawlike appendage of an arthropod.

[Greek gnathos, jaw; see gnathic + -ite1.]
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