mouthpart

See also: mouth-part

English

Alternative forms

• mouth-part (especially historically)

Etymology

From mouth +‎ part.

Noun

mouthpart (plural mouthparts)

The mouthpart of the common branded skipper (Hesperia comma)

1. (usually in the plural) An appendage-like structure on the outside of an insect's or other arthropod's mouth, serving to manipulate and masticate food.

   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.

Translations

part of the anatomy of insects

• Breton: pezhioù genoù m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口器 (zh) (kǒuqì), 口器 (zh) (kǒuqì)

• Dutch: monddeel n
• French: pièce buccale (fr) f
• German: Mundwerkzeug n
• Greek: στοματικό μόριο n (stomatikó mório)
• Italian: apparato boccale m
• Spanish: pieza bucal f
• Welsh: gên-rannau m pl