Definition of Mouthparts

1. Noun. (plural of mouthpart) ¹

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Definition of Mouthparts

1. mouthpart [n] - See also: mouthpart

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mouthparts

mouthfuls
mouthguard
mouthguards
mouthier
mouthiest
mouthily
mouthiness
mouthing
mouthing off
mouthless
mouthlike
mouthline
mouthlines
mouthly
mouthpart
mouthparts (current term)
mouthpiece
mouthpieces
mouths
mouths off
mouthsful
mouthward
mouthwards
mouthwash
mouthwashes
mouthwatering
mouthwateringly
mouthy
mouton
mouton enragé

Literary usage of Mouthparts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Laboratory Guide to the Study of Parasitology by William Brodbeck Herms (1913)
"By virtue of the piercing structures composing the mouthparts of the ... Types of insect mouthparts. The following types of mouth- parts may be recognized: ..."

2. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1899)
"The course of the development, in any such detail as really to throw light upon the homologías or phylogeny of the Dipterous mouthparts, has yet to be ..."

3. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"Chewing mouthparts of an ant (left) and sucking mouthparts of a cicada (right). tective ... Adult insects have a variety of types of mouthparts (figure ..."

4. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"The classification of insects is based mainly on three characteristics: the type of development, the modification of the mouthparts, and the number, ..."

5. Galls and Insects Producing Them by Melville Thurston Cook (1904)
"In the young larvae the mouthparts are weak, but as the larvae approach maturity the ... However, the mouthparts were not so strong as in the case of C. ..."

6. A Laboratory Guide to the Study of Parasitology by William Brodbeck Herms (1913)
"By virtue of the piercing structures composing the mouthparts of the ... Types of insect mouthparts. The following types of mouth- parts may be recognized: ..."

7. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1899)
"The course of the development, in any such detail as really to throw light upon the homologías or phylogeny of the Dipterous mouthparts, has yet to be ..."

8. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"Chewing mouthparts of an ant (left) and sucking mouthparts of a cicada (right). tective ... Adult insects have a variety of types of mouthparts (figure ..."

9. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"The classification of insects is based mainly on three characteristics: the type of development, the modification of the mouthparts, and the number, ..."

10. Galls and Insects Producing Them by Melville Thurston Cook (1904)
"In the young larvae the mouthparts are weak, but as the larvae approach maturity the ... However, the mouthparts were not so strong as in the case of C. ..."

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