mouthparts's Usage Examples:

The sucking mouthparts are barbed making fleas difficult to remove.

The virus is transmitted by various beetles with biting mouthparts.

However, they all have mouthparts that are modified into a sucking beak.

thrips feed on cell sap by piercing the leaf or flower bud with their mouthparts.

Proboscis The adapted mouthparts of various insect groups such as flies and butterflies.

The tadpoles gradually develop the mouthparts and legs of the adult.

The females of these species use their piercing mouthparts to feed on the blood of warm-blooded animals.

The head of the male insect has strongly protruding eyes, branched antennae and degenerate, biting mouthparts.

If the leaves have been chewed on, then the list of culprits can be narrowed down to insects with chewing mouthparts.

Foreign genetic material can also be introduced into plant and animal cells by insects and arthropods with sharp mouthparts.

Synonyms:

appendage, extremity, member,

Antonyms:

nonmember,