Zoology. Either of a pair of mouthparts which are posterior and accessory to the mandibles in insects, crustaceans, and other arthropods.

a maxilliped, esp. of a crustacean (now rare).

Any of a set of appendages occurring in pairs behind the maxillae in crustaceans, and used for feeding. Also called foot-jaw, jaw-foot.

= maxilliped, n.

Zoology. An organ or appendage forming part of the mouth of an invertebrate; esp. (in plural) the mouthparts of an insect or other arthropod. Now rare…

One of the mouth-appendages of the Arthropoda.

= foot-jaw n. at foot, n. int.compounds 3.

A process developed from the lower part of a segmented limb in certain arthropods, modified to bite or crush food.

= gnathobase, n.

Either of the last pair of cephalic appendages or of the first pair of body appendages (maxillipeds) in a chilopod (centipede).