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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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