Mouthpart vs Capitulum - What's the difference?
mouthpart | capitulum |
(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.
(botany) A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
(arachnology) The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
(anatomy) A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
(entomology, obsolete) The enlarged end of a proboscis.
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As nouns the difference between mouthpart and capitulum
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 capitulum is (botany) a densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.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.
