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An appendage-like structure on the outside of an insect's or other arthropod's mouth, serving to manipulate and masticate food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural-normally
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology, zootomy
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: extremity, appendage, member
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Breton:
pezhioù genoù
— part of the anatomy of insects
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Chinese Mandarin:
口器
(kǒuqì)
— part of the anatomy of insects
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Dutch:
monddeel
— part of the anatomy of insects
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French:
pièce buccale
— part of the anatomy of insects
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German:
Mundwerkzeug
— part of the anatomy of insects
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German:
Mundteil
— part of the anatomy of insects
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German:
Mundgliedmaße
— part of the anatomy of insects
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Greek:
στοματικό μόριο
(stomatikó mório)
— part of the anatomy of insects
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Italian:
apparato boccale
— part of the anatomy of insects
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Spanish:
pieza bucal
— part of the anatomy of insects
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Welsh:
gên-rannau
— part of the anatomy of insects
