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mastax
[ mas-taks ]
noun
- the muscular pharynx of a rotifer, containing a chewing apparatus.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of mastax1
1850鈥55; < New Latin < Greek 尘谩蝉迟补虫 mouth, jaws, akin to 尘补蝉芒蝉迟丑补颈 to chew
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Uncus, ung鈥瞜us, 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:鈥攑l.
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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.
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The eminent naturalist we have named calls the whole organ the mastax, and states that it is composed of dense muscular fibre.
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