epipharynx
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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When the flea is feeding, the epipharynx and mandibles are thrust into the skin of the victim, the labium serving as a guide.
Insects and DiseasesRennie W. Doane
The piercing proboscis consists of three long needle-like organs, the epipharynx and mandibles, and a lower lip or labium.
Insects and DiseasesRennie W. Doane
Behind the labrum arises a process—the epipharynx—which in some blood-sucking insects becomes a formidable piercing-organ.