trophi

American  

[troh-fee] / ˈtroʊ fi /

plural noun

Entomology.

1. the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.

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Etymology

Origin of trophi

1820–30; < New Latin trophī < Greek trophoí, plural of trophós feeder, nurse, akin to tréphein to nourish

Example Sentences

All the spines of the trophi are in some degree doubly serrated.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

The cirri and trophi are generally dark purple or lead-colour.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

Filamentary appendages, none: labrum, with the upper part highly bullate: trophi, various: olfactory orifices, more or less prominent: caudal appendages, uniarticulate and spinose, or none.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

The trophi surround a cavity—the supra-œsophageal cavity—in the middle of which, between the mandibles is seated the orifice of the œsophagus.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

The trophi are very complicated, and there are various details of structure not noticed or not mentioned by any of the writers upon the subject hitherto.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various