gabelzhan

noun

1. The offset and typically most distal tooth on the fixed digits of mesostigmatan mites.

   rare

   […] fixed digit with 3—5 teeth, variously sized, rarely more (eight in O. leptochelae), including a subapical, laterally offset tooth (gabelzhan); […]

Where it comes from

From German Gabel (“fork”) + a misspelling of Zahn (“tooth”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry gabelzhan (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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