MASTAX

Meaning of MASTAX in English

/mas"taks/ , n.

the muscular pharynx of a rotifer, containing a chewing apparatus.

[ 1850-55; mástax mouth, jaws, akin to masâsthai to chew ]

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MASTAX — ˈmaˌstaks noun ( -es ) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, mouth, jaws; akin to Greek masasthai to chew — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MASTAX — (n.) The lore of a bird.
Английский словарь Webster
MASTAX — (n.) The pharynx of a rotifer. It usually contains four horny pieces. The two central ones form the incus, against …
Английский словарь Webster
MASTAX — ( n. ) The pharynx of a rotifer. It usually contains four horny pieces. The two central ones form the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MASTAX — ( n. ) The lore of a bird.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MASTAX — noun the lore of a bird. 2. mastax ·noun the pharynx of a rotifer. it usually contains four horny pieces. …
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TOOTH — I. ˈtüth noun ( plural teeth ˈtēth) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English toth, tooth, from Old English tōth; akin …
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MOUTH
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JAW — I. ˈjȯ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English jow, jowe, jaw, jawe, probably from Middle French joe, joue cheek …
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FULCRUM — I. ˈfu̇lkrəm, ˈfəl- noun ( plural fulcrums -mz ; or ful·cra -rə) Etymology: Late Latin, from Latin, bedpost, from fulcire …
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UNCUS — ˈəŋkəs noun ( plural un·ci ˈənˌsī) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, hook, barb — more at angle : hook , …
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TROPHI — ˈtrōˌfī noun plural Etymology: New Latin, plural of trophus mouth, from Greek trophos feeder, from trephein to nourish 1. : …
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RAMUS — ˈrāməs noun ( plural ra·mi -āˌmī) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, branch of a tree — more at ramify : …
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MOUSTACHE — noun or mus·tache ˈməˌstash, _məˈs-, -taa(ə)sh, -taish also ˌməˈs- or -tȧsh ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French moustache, from Old …
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MALLEUS — ˈmalēəs noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, hammer 1. plural mal·lei -ēˌī a. : the outermost of the three auditory …
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INCUS — ˈiŋkəs, -ˌküs noun ( plural in·cu·des iŋˈk(y)ü(ˌ)dēz, ˈiŋkyəˌdēz) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, anvil, from incudere to incuse, stamp, strike …
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MALLEUS — (n.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.
Английский словарь Webster
MALLEUS — ( n. ) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MALLEUS — noun a genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell. 2. malleus ·noun one of the hard lateral pieces of the …
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ROTIFER — also called wheel animalcule any of the approximately 2,000 species of microscopic invertebrates that constitute the class Rotifera, or Rotaria …
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JAW — either of a pair of bones that form the framework of the mouth of vertebrate animals, usually containing teeth and …
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