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mouth-part

mouth-part is the alternative spelling of mouthpart.

Meaning of mouthpart

Noun

mouthpart (plural mouthparts)

  1. (plural-normally) 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.

Forms of mouth-part

pluralmouth-parts

Questions about mouth-part

What is mouth-part the alternative spelling of?
Mouth-part is the alternative spelling of mouthpart.

Words near mouth-part in the dictionary

  1. mouth-friends
  2. mouth-gasm
  3. mouth-gasms
  4. mouth-organ
  5. mouth-organs
  6. mouth-part
  7. mouth-parts
  8. mouth-puckeringly
  9. mouth-pussies
  10. mouth-pussy
  11. mouth-soaping

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