- has a
distinctive profile with an elongated, flat snout, and
highly protrusible jaws
containing prominent nail-like teeth. It is
usually between 3 and...
-
especially members of Papilionidae,
contain an osmeterium, a Y-shaped
protrusible gland found in the
prothoracic segment of the larvae. When threatened...
-
towards carnivory.
Sloth bears lack
lower central incisors and use
their protrusible lips for
sucking up the
termites on
which they feed. The
general dental...
-
nematodes and some nemerteans. In
these groups the
stylet is a
hardened protrusible opening to the stomach.
These stylets are
adapted for the
piercing of...
- Scombrolabraciformes. The fish
bears some
resemblance to
members of Gempylidae, but has
protrusible premaxillae,
serrated opercles and preopercles, and a spur on the lowest...
- hump
behind the head. They have a
pointed snout with a small,
highly protrusible mouth with one row of
small conical teeth in the
upper jaw and no teeth...
- Like
other members of its order, the
oarfish has a
small yet
highly protrusible oblique mouth with no
visible teeth. The body is
scaleless and the skin...
- can
snatch up by
rapidly extending its jaws. They also
possess long,
protrusible jaws. When the jaws are retracted, the
shark resembles a sand
tiger shark...
-
completely excludes the
maxilla from the gape, but the jaws are
highly protrusible, nonetheless. The
upper jaw's
protrusion is
achieved in a
unique way:...
- of
predatory leeches are similar,
though instead of a jaw many have a
protrusible proboscis,
which for most of the time they keep
retracted into the mouth...
