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Definition of mouthpart in English: mouthpartnoun ˈməʊθpɑːtˈmouTHpärt usually mouthpartsZoology Any of the appendages, typically found in pairs, surrounding the mouth of an insect or other arthropod and adapted for feeding. Example sentencesExamples - Crustacea are characterized by two pairs of antennae, three pairs of mouthparts, and a special type of larvae called the nauplius.
- Poultry lice are small wingless insects with chewing mouthparts.
- The clearest examples are certain mosquito species in which the mouthparts of males are adapted for drinking nectar and those of females for imbibing blood.
- Their laterally flattened bodies are covered in bristles and spines and their mouthparts are especially adapted for piercing and sucking.
- No bigger than an apple seed, the bedbug is descended from plant-feeding insects that evolved skin-piercing mouthparts for sucking up blood.
- Dipterans typically have sucking mouthparts, and may feed on plant juices or on decaying organic matter.
Definition of mouthpart in US English: mouthpartnounˈmouTHpärt usually mouthpartsZoology Any of the appendages, typically found in pairs, surrounding the mouth of an insect or other arthropod and adapted for feeding. Example sentencesExamples - Poultry lice are small wingless insects with chewing mouthparts.
- No bigger than an apple seed, the bedbug is descended from plant-feeding insects that evolved skin-piercing mouthparts for sucking up blood.
- Their laterally flattened bodies are covered in bristles and spines and their mouthparts are especially adapted for piercing and sucking.
- The clearest examples are certain mosquito species in which the mouthparts of males are adapted for drinking nectar and those of females for imbibing blood.
- Crustacea are characterized by two pairs of antennae, three pairs of mouthparts, and a special type of larvae called the nauplius.
- Dipterans typically have sucking mouthparts, and may feed on plant juices or on decaying organic matter.
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