mouthpart

«mouthpart» in Mova's school dictionary: the parts around an insect's or other small animal's… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a mouthpart, mouthparts)

meaning for a pupil

Mouthparts are the parts around an insect's or other small animal's mouth that it uses to bite, suck or chew food. tree →

sense in the lessons

Met in science lessons about insects: butterflies have a long sucking mouthpart, beetles have biting mouthparts, mosquitoes have piercing ones.

examples

• A butterfly's mouthpart is like a long straw. tree →
• Mosquitoes have sharp mouthparts for piercing skin. tree →
• Ants use their mouthparts to carry food. tree →
• Scientists study insect mouthparts under a microscope. tree →
• A grasshopper has strong chewing mouthparts. tree →
• The bee uses its mouthparts to drink nectar. tree →

note

Usually plural: mouthparts. One word. Used mostly for insects and other small animals, not people.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mouthpart» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.