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# mouthpart

noun (a mouthpart, mouthparts)

«mouthpart» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Mouthparts are the parts around an insect's or other small animal's mouth that it uses to bite, suck or chew food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpart/#m1)

### In the lessons

Met in science lessons about insects: butterflies have a long sucking mouthpart, beetles have biting mouthparts, mosquitoes have piercing ones.

### Examples

- A butterfly's mouthpart is like a long straw. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpart/#x1)
- Mosquitoes have sharp mouthparts for piercing skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpart/#x2)
- Ants use their mouthparts to carry food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpart/#x3)
- Scientists study insect mouthparts under a microscope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpart/#x4)
- A grasshopper has strong chewing mouthparts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpart/#x5)
- The bee uses its mouthparts to drink nectar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpart/#x6)

### Note

Usually plural: mouthparts. One word. Used mostly for insects and other small animals, not people.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mouthpart» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpart/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mouthpart» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mouthpart.html) on Mova free.