mouthpart

Alternative forms

 * mouth-part

Noun



 * 1)  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

 * Breton: pezhioù genoù
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: monddeel
 * French:
 * German: Mundwerkzeug
 * Greek: στοματικό μόριο
 * Italian: apparato boccale
 * Spanish: pieza bucal
 * Welsh: gên-rannau