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- noun Plural form of
mouth-part ; seemouthpart .
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The antennae waved and the complicated insectoid mouth-parts quivered.
Out of Phaze Anthony, Piers 1987
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The antennae waved and the complicated insectoid mouth-parts quivered.
Out of Phaze Anthony, Piers 1987
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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
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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
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Loo made the frown gesture with his rubbery mouth-parts.
Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982
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His mouth-parts simply could not duplicate that volume and pitch.
Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982
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