Mouthpart definition
Any of the parts of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod, especially a part or an organ used for a specific way of feeding.
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Any of various structures, organs, or appendages around the mouth in arthropods, modified for biting, piercing, sucking, chewing, grasping, etc.
noun
Any of the parts of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod, especially a part or an organ used for a specific way of feeding.
noun
Any of the parts of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod, especially a part or organ used for a specific way of feeding.
The fans, or brushes, create currents in the water that direct food toward the larvae's mouthparts and help stuff the food into their deeply concealed mouths.
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Noun
Singular:
mouthpart
Plural:
mouthparts