Gena

·- The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.

II. Gena ·- The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.

gena
gĕna, ae, and more freq. gĕnae, ārum, f. [Sanscr. hanus, jaw; ganda, cheek; cf. Gr. γένυς; Germ. Kin...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.