GNATHOPODA  , a See also:

• TERM

term in zoological See also:

• CLASSIFICATION (Lat. classis, a class, probably from the root cal-, cla-, as in Gr. icaMce, clamor)

classification, suggested as an alternative name for the See also:

• GROUP

group See also:

• ARTHROPODA

Arthropoda (q.v.) . The word, which means " See also:

• JAW (Mid. Eng. jawe, jowe and geowe, O. Eng. cheowan, connected with " chaw " and " chew," and in form with " jowl ")

jaw-footed," refers to the fact that in the members of the group, some of the lateral appendages or " feet " in the region of the mouth See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as jaws .