Mastax is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species: ...
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• (n.) The lore of a bird. • (n.) 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.
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(from the article `aschelminth`) The alimentary canal of rotifers is quite different. The funnellike mouth leads into a pharynx armed with a complex cuticular organ, the mastax, or ...
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Mas'tax noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... mouth, jaws.]
(Zoology) (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 of a bird.
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