"mouth hook" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mouth hooks [plural]
Etymology: mouth + hook Etymology templates: {{com|en|mouth|hook}} mouth + hook Head templates: {{en-noun}} mouth hook (plural mouth hooks)
  1. either of a pair of hooked larval mouthparts that function as jaws in some Diptera
    Sense id: en-mouth_hook-en-noun-ZENn2j6c

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Download JSON data for mouth hook meaning in English (0.6kB)

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