As nouns the difference between mouthpart and endite
is that
mouthpart is (usually in plural) an appendage-like structure on the outside of an insect's or other arthropod's mouth, serving to manipulate and masticate food while
endite is one of the mouthparts of a spider or other arachnids, specifically the lobe of the palpal coxa lateral to the labium.
As a verb endite is
.
mouthpart English
(mouthparts)
Alternative forms
* mouth-part (especially historically)
Noun
( en noun)
(usually in plural) 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.
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endite English
Noun
( en noun)
One of the mouthparts of a spider or other arachnids, specifically the lobe of the palpal coxa lateral to the labium.
Verb
( endit)
* 1977 , , Penguin Classics, p.365:
- They speak of Job and his humility, / For clerics when they wish to can endite / Its praises nobly, and especially, / In men — they praise few women when they write.
Synonyms
* (l)
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