Assertion: arthropod's appendage | /r/Synonym | maxilla
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text: After the mandibles are several pairs of food-handling appendages called maxillae.
text: Planktonic crustacean copepods only a few millimetres long can collect up to several hundred thousand diatoms every 24 hours with certain appendages (maxillae) near the mouth.
text: Insects have extremely elaborate mouthparts, consisting of pairs of appendages fused into a lower lip (labium), and an upper lip (labrum), with other appendages called maxillae aiding in chewing.