hard, jaw-like structures, located on either side of the mouth, used to crush food before it is passed through to the esophagus
The third pair of appendages on the crustacean head, usually reduced and specialized for food-processing.
The jaws of some animals. This term usually refers to the jaws of insects. mano: Part of a tool used for grinding corn and other grains. It is rolled across the metate to grind the grain. mantle: A rectangular piece of cloth used to cover or wrap the body. The ancient Paracas of Peru wrapped their dead in mantles called mummy bundles and then buried them.
the first pair of jaws in insects. The mandibles are laterally positioned behind the labrum. They vary in size, shape and are highly modified in form. Mandible shape is strongly influenced by function, for example, in chewing insects the mandibles are stout and tooth-like, while in piercing/sucking insects they are needle- or sword-shaped. Mandibles are not used exclusively for feeding. For example, some bees and wasps use them to construct nests in soil, wood and other hard materials. View image
Insect mouth parts used for holding or biting food.
The butterfly larva's jaw structure that enables it to eat leaves.
the jaws of an insect which consist of the upper chewing pair of mouthparts, sometimes modified into other shapes.
Tooth-like jaws of caterpillars that are used to tear and chew foliage and other food material (see Figure 3). Mature caterpillar: Caterpillar of the final instar; the instar that precedes pupation.
The jaws of an animal; in cephalopods often similar in shape to the bill of a parrot or predatory bird, and so commonly called the 'beak'. In ammonites the anaptychus and aptychi have been considered by some to be part of the mandibles.
The first pair of jaws in insects, stout and tooth-like in chewing, needle- or sword-shaped in piercing-sucking insects, the upper lateral jaws of a biting insect.
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The jaws of an insect; used by bees to form the honey comb and scrape pollen, in fighting and picking up hive debris.
(noun) - tooth-like jaws present in insects with chewing mouthparts. Caterpillars have mandibles, but adult butterflies do not.
in insects, the first or uppermost pair of jaws, which are generally solid, horny, biting organs. In birds the term is applied to both jaws with their horny coverings. In quadrupeds the mandible is properly the lower jaw.
( Man-di-bulz): the second set of mouthparts in insects; in layman's terms: the jaws; used by ants for chewing, biting and manipulating objects.
The mandibles consist of the upper and the lower lips surrounding the mouth. The upper jaws being the (mandibulae) and the lower jaws being the (maxillae). Mandibles are toothed and move from side to side tearing up prey. The Greek word "Odonata" refers to the serrated teeth located on the insect's mandibles.
Paired, pincer-like hardened mouthparts (jaws) in arthropods, which are used to grasp, tear, and push food into the mouth.
One of the mouthparts located directly behind the upper lip (sickle shaped) that are used for ripping and tearing food
Mandibles are the jaws of the caterpillar and many other insects. The mandibles bite off plant material and tear it into small, easily digestible pieces. Adult butterflies do not have mandibles.
