Insect vs Mouthpart - What's the difference?
insect | mouthpart |
1=antenna 2=lower ocelli 3=upper ocelli 4=compound eye 5=brain 6=prothorax 7=dorsal artery 8=tracheal tubes 9=mesothorax 10=metathorax 11=first wing 12=second wing 13=midgut (stomach) 14=heart 15=ovary 16=hindgut 17=anus 18=vagina 19=nerve chord 20=Malpighian tubes 21=pillow 22=claws 23=tarsus 24=tibia 25=femur 26=trochanter 27=foregut 28=thoracic ganglion 29=coxa 30=salivary gland 31=subesophageal ganglion 32=mouthparts , detail3= }} An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
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, title= (colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc
A contemptible or powerless person.
(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.
As nouns the difference between insect and mouthpart
is that insect is an arthropod in the class insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton while 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.insect
English
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Noun
(en noun)William E. Conner
An Acoustic Arms Race, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
Synonyms
* bug (Colloquial 1,2)See also
* arachnid * arthropod * beetle * bug * chafer * coleopter * entomology * larva * wormExternal links
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* * * ----mouthpart
English
(mouthparts)Alternative forms
* mouth-part (especially historically)Noun
(en noun)- 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.