TOXICOGNATH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toxicognath mean? 

• TOXICOGNATH (noun)
  The noun TOXICOGNATH has 1 sense:

1. either of a pair of poison fangs in the modified front pair of legs of the centipede

  Familiarity information: TOXICOGNATH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOXICOGNATH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of a pair of poison fangs in the modified front pair of legs of the centipede

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("toxicognath" is a kind of...):

fang (an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs)