Endite

Full definition of endite

Noun

1. One of the mouthparts of a spider or other arachnids, specifically the lobe of the palpal coxa lateral to the labium.

Verb

1. Obsolete form of indite
• 1977, Geoffrey Chaucer, , Penguin Classics, p.365:They speak of Job and his humility,
  For clerics when they wish to can endite
  Its praises nobly, and especially,
  In men — they praise few women when they write.

Synonyms

• maxilla