guivert

An obsolete form of quiver. guivré (gē-vrā'), a. In her., anserated. ally by the gense or cheeks. It is conspicuous in the beetles, but in many other insects it appears to be entirely absent, or is represented only by the inferior cervical sclerites, little corneous pieces in the membrane of the neck. See cut under mouth - part. The inferior cervical sclerites [of the cockroach] are two narrow transverse plates, one behind the other, in the middle line. They appear to represent the part called gula , which in many insects is a large plate confluent with the epicranium above and supporting the submentum anteriorly. Huxley , Anat. Invert., p. 347. 3. In ornith., the upper part of the throat of a bird, between the mentum and the jugulum. See cut under bird1. gulf 2. A long, narrow, deep depre ion of the sea bottom.