gena
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Origin of gena
1820–30; < Latin: cheek; cognate with Greek génys jaw, chin
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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
Trí gena ata messu brón: gen snechta oc legad, gen do mná frit íar mbith ḟir aili lé, gen chon ḟoilmnich. ad meassam HMB mesom L drochmna LN frit om.
From The Triads of Ireland by Meyer, Kuno
Post-gena: the sclerite below occiput and behind gena in some Orthoptera.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Temple: the posterior part of the gena; behind, before or beneath the eye.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Gula: the throat: that sclerite forming the central portion of the head beneath, extending from the submental to the posterior margin, and laterally bounded by the genae.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
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