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<zoology> The mouth parts of an insect, collectively, including the labrum, labium, maxillae, mandibles, and lingua, with their appendages.
Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A feeder, fr. To feed.
(01 Mar 1998)
troph-, trophectoderm, trophesic, trophesy < Prev | Next > -trophic, trophic changes, trophic gangrene
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