gena

American  

[jee-nuh, gen-uh] / ˈdʒi nə, ˈgɛn ə /

noun

Zoology, Anatomy.

genae plural

1. the cheek or side region of the head.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• genal
  adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

• genae
  plural

Etymology

Origin of gena

1820–30; < Latin: cheek; cognate with Greek génys jaw, chin

Example Sentences

Post-gena: the sclerite below occiput and behind gena in some Orthoptera.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Weever, in "Funeral Monuments," gives the epitaph: "Hic pudor Hippoliti, Paridis gena, sensus Ulyssis, Æneæ pietas, Hectoris ira jacet."

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire by Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)

The Prince of Wales favours the odd-looking bassets, of which he has many fine specimens. "gena." "gena."

From The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

C. pinnis intaminatis; macula argentata post os maxillare, altera in summa gena pone oculum et tertia majori in axilla pectorali; linea laterali argenteo-punctata.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort

Temple: the posterior part of the gena; behind, before or beneath the eye.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.