单词 | mouthpart |
释义 | mouthpartn.ΚΠ 1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory ii. 41 Let the Mouth Part of the Crucible..be placed fronting the Mouth of the Furnace. 2. Zoology. Any of the organs or appendages surrounding the mouth of an insect or other arthropod, usually paired, and specially adapted to the particular method of feeding of the organism concerned. Usually in plural, except in attributive use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > mouth-like appendage > organs surrounding mouth epistome1826 mouthpart1867 1867 Amer. Naturalist 1 428 The tegument of the half-formed pupa can be detected beneath, with the rudiments of the mouth-parts, antennæ, and wings. 1905 V. L. Kellogg Amer. Insects i. 6 Attached to the thorax are three pairs of legs, which are jointed appendages, homologous in origin and fundamental structure with the mouth-parts and antennæ. 1930 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 218 327 The mouth-parts of the fly larva are strong, toothed, chitinised structures. 1972 L. E. Chadwick tr. W. Linsenmaier Insects of World 24/1 The variations of the insect mouth and mouthparts are nearly limitless. 1997 Entomol. News 107 225 Mouthpart structure is useful for differentiating them from similar species. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1738 |
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