gena

The English word “gena” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.
The part of the head below the compound eyes of Diptera, or an analogous part of the head of larvae without compound eyes.

Borrowed from Latin gena (“cheek”). Doublet of chin.

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