toxicognath
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[edit]Noun
[edit]toxicognath (plural toxicognaths)
- One of a pair of modified legs on a centipede which function as poison fangs.
- 1902, Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, page 423:
- Colour yellowish brown, with the cephalite and toxicognaths darker reddish brown. Integument sparsely hairy and punctured. Cephalite parallel-sided, its posterior border convexly rounded; frontal area with its sides converging […]
- 2004, G. M. Barker, Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs, CABI, →ISBN, page 418:
- Centipedes are able to overpower relatively large and active prey by means of their powerful toxicognaths, with which they not only grasp but also paralyse or even kill their victims through delivery of poison.