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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mouthpart — ► NOUN ▪ any of the appendages surrounding the mouth of an insect or other arthropod and adapted for feeding … English terms dictionary
mouthpart — [mouth′pärt΄] n. any of various structures, organs, or appendages around the mouth in arthropods, modified for biting, piercing, sucking, chewing, grasping, etc.usually used in pl … English World dictionary
mouthpart — noun Date: 1799 a structure or appendage near the mouth (as of an insect) especially when adapted for use in gathering or eating food … New Collegiate Dictionary
mouthpart — /mowth pahrt /, n. Usually, mouthparts. the appendages surrounding or associated with the mouth of arthropods. [1790 1800; MOUTH + PART] * * * … Universalium
mouthpart — mouth·part mau̇th .pärt n a structure or appendage near the mouth esp. of an insect … Medical dictionary
mouthpart — noun Zoology any of the appendages surrounding the mouth of an insect or other arthropod and adapted for feeding … English new terms dictionary
mouthpart — mouth•part [[t]ˈmaʊθˌpɑrt[/t]] n. Usu., mouthparts. the appendages surrounding or associated with the mouth of arthropods • Etymology: 1790–1800 … From formal English to slang
mouthpart — /ˈmaʊθpat/ (say mowthpaht) noun a structure in the region of the mouth of arthropods …
mouthpart — noun any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding • Hypernyms: ↑extremity, ↑appendage, ↑member … Useful english dictionary
Mandible (insect mouthpart) — For the corresponding mouthpart in other arthropods, see Mandible (arthropod mouthpart). The mandibles of a Bull ant Insect mandibles are a pair of appendages near the insect’s mouth, and the most anterior of the three pairs of oral appendages… … Wikipedia
