Mastax

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• Mastax — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta …   Wikipedia

• Mastax — Научная классификация промежуточные ранги Домен:  …   Википедия

• Mastax — Mas tax, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? mouth, jaws.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The pharynx of a rotifer. It usually contains four horny pieces. The two central ones form the incus, against which the mallei, or lateral ones, work so as to crush the food. (b) The lore… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mastax — Mastax, chitiniger Schlundsack der Rotatorien; dient als Greif und Kauorgan …   Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie

• mastax — n. [Gr. mastax, jaws] (ROTIFERA) A muscular rounded, trilobed, or elongate organ containing trophi; in suspension feeders adapted for grinding, in carnivores modified as forceps that can be projected from the mouth to seize prey; the pharynx …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• mastax — /mas taks/, n. the muscular pharynx of a rotifer, containing a chewing apparatus. [1850 55; < NL < Gk mástax mouth, jaws, akin to masâsthai to chew] * * * …   Universalium

• mastax — mas·tax …   English syllables

• mastax — ˈmaˌstaks noun ( es) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, mouth, jaws; akin to Greek masasthai to chew more at mouth 1. : the pharynx of a rotifer us …   Useful english dictionary

• cardate mastax — (ROTIFERA) In the genus Lindia, a sucking type of mastax characterized by forked manubria with the sucking action produced by the unci …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• fulcrate mastax — (ROTIFERA) A mastax with an elongate fulcrum, having a pair of leaf like manubria attached anteriorly …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology