mouthpart
mouthpart
Definition
mouth·part (-pärt′)
noun
any of various structures, organs, or appendages around the mouth in arthropods, modified for biting, piercing, sucking, chewing, grasping, etc.: usually used in pl.
mouthpart
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- chew: If the leaves have been chewed on, then the list of culprits can be narrowed down to insects with chewing mouthparts.
- have: However, they all have mouthparts that are modified into a sucking beak.
- bite: The head of the male insect has strongly protruding eyes, branched antennae and degenerate, biting mouthparts.
- adapt: Proboscis The adapted mouthparts of various insect groups such as flies and butterflies.
- develop: The tadpoles gradually develop the mouthparts and legs of the adult.
Adjective modifier
- biting: The virus is transmitted by various beetles with biting mouthparts.
- sharp: Foreign genetic material can also be introduced into plant and animal cells by insects and arthropods with sharp mouthparts.
- sucking: The sucking mouthparts are barbed making fleas difficult to remove.
- piercing: The females of these species use their piercing mouthparts to feed on the blood of warm-blooded animals.
- suctorial: The larvae are carnivorous, with biting or suctorial mouthparts.
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