| Their monophyly is undisputed, given the five elongate, stiff mouthpart elements forming a distinctive beak, and an enlarged clypeus. |
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| I watched its mouthpart feelers rapidly go to work on the succour and it was quickly rejuvenated. |
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| Feeding is accomplished through a hollow, needlelike mouthpart called a spear or stylet. |
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| It resembles a housefly, but has a stiletto-like mouthpart extending straight outwards, which it uses for sucking blood. |
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| Dragonfly larvae possess a highly specialized mouthpart, known as the labial mask, which can be extended rapidly to grab prey such as small animals. |
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| Their long proboscis, or mouthpart, makes them important pollinators, since many plants may only be pollinated by hawkmoths. |
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| A wet sippy cup mouthpart was left on each surface including a high chair, tile floor, carpet, countertop and table, for 5 seconds. |
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| Most true bugs, such as spittlebugs and aphids, use this tough mouthpart to pierce plants and drink their sap or other juices. |
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| If whitefly eggs, larvae or pupae are eaten by a predatory bug, only the skin remains usually in its original form with a tiny hole where the mouthpart of the predatory bug have been inserted. |
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| Parasitic nematodes have a specialized mouthpart called a stylet that allows them to pierce their prey in order to extract nutrients. |
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| So that she can gorge herself at liberty, she secretes an anaesthetising cement around her mouthpart, which enables her both to adhere to and to be tolerated by her prey. |
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| Intraoperatively, the tick was alive, its abdomen was distended, and its mouthpart was embedded in the tympanic membrane near the umbo. |
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| No animals were dissected to identify deformities of the mouth or internal organs and no tadpoles were assessed for mouthpart abnormalities or other deformities. |
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| The scale uses its piercing-sucking mouthpart, known as a stylet, to penetrate the thin bark of the beech, and then it feeds on the living cells within. |
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