haustellate

American  

[haw-stel-it, haw-stuh-layt] / hɔˈstɛl ɪt, ˈhɔ stəˌleɪt /

adjective

Zoology.

1. having a haustellum.

2. adapted for sucking, as the mouthparts of certain insects.

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Etymology

Origin of haustellate

First recorded in 1825–35; haustell(um) + -ate ¹

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Example Sentences

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haustellate

Paleolepidoptera: haustellate Lepidoptera in which the mandibles are distinct and the pupa is free: includes the Micropterygidae only: see protolepidoptera and neolepidoptera.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

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

Lepidoptera: scale-winged: an order of insects with spirally coiled haustellate mouth structures; head free; thorax agglutinate; transformations complete four scale-covered wings.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

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

We have of late been very familiar with 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 Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants by Sir J. William Dawson

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