Mouthpart vs Maxilla - What's the difference?
mouthpart | maxilla |
(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.
Either of the two bones that together form the upper jaw.
Arachnid mouthpart
As nouns the difference between mouthpart and maxilla
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 maxilla is either of the two bones that together form the upper jaw.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.
