Hypopharynx definition

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The tonguelike structure in front of or above the labium in the mouth of an insect.
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The tonguelike structure in front of or above the labium in the mouth of an insect.
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Noun

Singular:
hypopharynx
Plural:
hypopharynges, hypopharynxes

Hypopharynx Sentence Examples

  • Usually there arises around the edge I form the hinder parts of the genae and the hypopharynx.

  • Distinct and conspicuous maxillulae are associated with the tongue or hypopharynx.

  • Finally, he saw the spores accumulate within the cells of the salivary glands, and discovered that they actually passed down the salivary ducts and along the grooved hypopharynx into the seat of puncture, thus causing infection in a fresh vertebrate host" (Sambon).

  • Ileymons, the hypopharynx represents the sterna of all the jaw-bearing somites, but other students consider that it belongs to the mandibular and first maxillary segments, or entirely to the segment of the first maxillae.

  • Mandibles fused into a piercer; first maxillae developed as piercers; palps of both pairs of maxillae present; hypopharynx wanting.

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