mastax
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mastax
1850–55; < New Latin < Greek mástax mouth, jaws, akin to masâsthai to chew
Example Sentences
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The mastax surround the mouth, and beneath the mastax is a digestive gland.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The mastax or jawed pharynx is another structure unique to this group of organisms.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The eminent naturalist we have named calls the whole organ the mastax, and states that it is composed of dense muscular fibre.
From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.
Through this opening the water passes, the rotifer gathers his food from the current, and the food passes into the mastax, where it is ground by the masticating apparatus, which is easily seen in motion.
From Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. by Sargent, Frederick Leroy
Uncus, ung′kus, n. a hook or claw, or a hook-like process: the head of the malleolus or lateral tooth of the mastax of a wheel-animalcule:—pl.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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