Haustellum

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A portion of the proboscis that is adapted as a sucking organ in many insects.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A sucking organ, in the form of a proboscis, in many insects and crustaceans
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The sucking proboscis of various insects. See lepidoptera, and diptera.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The sucking-organ of an insect or a crustacean; a suctorial proboscis.
  • Word Usage
    "Antlia: the spiral tongue or haustellum of Lepidoptera."
    Variant
    Lepidoptera    diptera