haustellate
AmericanEtymology
Origin of haustellate
First recorded in 1825–35; haustell(um) + -ate 1
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Another puzzle for the evolutionist to solve is how to account for the change from the caterpillar with its powerful jaws, to the butterfly with its sucking or haustellate mouth-parts.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
Some of the insects of this order are highly specialized, and their mouth-parts are fitted both for biting and sucking, and in this respect they connect the mandibulate and haustellate insects.
From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by C. V. Riley
Neolepidoptera: all haustellate Lepidoptera, except the generalized Micropterygidae; mandibles not functionally present; pupa incomplete or obtect: see paleolepidoptera and protolepidoptera.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Instrumenta suctoria: mouth parts of a haustellate insect as a whole.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
We have all no doubt read those ingenious, not to say amusing, speculations in which some entomologists and botanists have indulged with reference to the mutual relations of flowers and haustellate insects.
From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by John William Dawson
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