gena
Americannoun
plural
genaeOther Word Forms
- genal adjective
Etymology
Origin of gena
1820–30; < Latin: cheek; cognate with Greek génys jaw, chin
Example Sentences
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Temple: the posterior part of the gena; behind, before or beneath the eye.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
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
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)
Post-gena: the sclerite below occiput and behind gena in some Orthoptera.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
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