Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

toxicognath

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tox-i-cog-nath
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

toxicognaths (plural)

Questions

What does toxicognath mean?: One of a pair of modified legs on a centipede which function as poison fangs.

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