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  • noun Plural form of mouth-part; see mouthpart.

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Examples

  • It even explains the different parts of the body, mouth-parts, how different kinds of bugs eat, survive and reproduce.

    Archive 2009-01-01 DNLee 2009

  • It even explains the different parts of the body, mouth-parts, how different kinds of bugs eat, survive and reproduce.

    Book Review: Books about Bugs! DNLee 2009

  • The larvae then migrate to the mosquitoes 'biting mouth-parts, ready to enter the punctured skin following the mosquito bite, thus completing the cycle.

    Chapter 3 2000

  • Trauma caused by venomous animals; bites are inflicted by the mouth-parts (e.g. snakes, spiders), stings by the hindparts (e.g. bees, scorpions).

    Chapter 15 1993

  • The antennae waved and the complicated insectoid mouth-parts quivered.

    Out of Phaze Anthony, Piers 1987

  • The antennae waved and the complicated insectoid mouth-parts quivered.

    Out of Phaze Anthony, Piers 1987

  • Mandibles moved idly, and occasionally they could see the twin fangs that flanked the other mouth-parts.

    The Hour of the Gate Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • Mandibles moved idly, and occasionally they could see the twin fangs that flanked the other mouth-parts.

    The Hour of the Gate Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • Loo made the frown gesture with his rubbery mouth-parts.

    Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982

  • His mouth-parts simply could not duplicate that volume and pitch.

    Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982

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