toxicognath

Definitions

One of a pair of modified legs on a centipede which function as poison fangs.

Examples

“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[…]”

“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.”

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