cultellus

American  

[kuhl-tel-uhs] / kʌlˈtɛl əs /

noun

Zoology.

plural

cultelli

1. a sharp, knifelike structure, as the mouthparts of certain bloodsucking flies.

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Etymology

Origin of cultellus

1895–1900; < Latin: diminutive of culter knife, colter; for formation, see castellum

Example Sentences

My findings indicate that T. b. cultellus is not smaller, that its skull is not smaller and not less angular, and that the tympanic bullae are not less pointed ventrally.

From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Youngman, Phillip M.

The word is derived from the Fr. coutelas, or coutelace, a form of coutel, modern couteau, a knife, from Lat. cultellus, diminutive of culter, a ploughshare, or cutting instrument.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

T. b. pervagus occupies an area geographically intermediate between T. b. aureus to the west and T. b. internatus and T. b. cultellus to the east and has some characters in common with these subspecies.

From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Youngman, Phillip M.

Topotypes of T. b. cultellus most closely resemble those of T. b. internatus but differ as follows: darker; zygomatic arches more widely spreading, not so nearly parallel; nasals not so wide; bullae slightly more inflated.

From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Youngman, Phillip M.

Remarks.—The dividing line between T. b. internatus and T. b. cultellus is drawn arbitrarily since only one specimen has been collected between La Veta Pass and the border of New Mexico.

From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Youngman, Phillip M.