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What does genal mean?

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Adjective
  1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the cheeks
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In all these the genal cca fade out in the genal angles, and in none of them would compound eyes be expected in that region.
The relation of the genal cca to the ocelli on the cheeks is best shown in the Trinucleid.
Eye-lines occur on trilobites with both simple and compound eyes, and genal cca may or may not be present in both cases.
The first genal spine, or first tooth in the head-comb, is shorter in the dog-fleas of both sexes than it is in the cat-fleas.
The genal spine of the very smallest specimens is about as long as the remainder of the cheek, and remains distinct until late in meraspid ontogeny.
The latter are occasionally continued beyond the ocular tubercle back to the genal angle.

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