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

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trophi

This species comes very close, as far as the characters derived from the trophi serve, to the L. truncata, though readily distinguished from that species by the shape of the valves.

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

As the infra-œsophageal ganglion sends nerves to the trophi and to the first pair of cirri, it must correspond to the segments, from the fourth to the ninth inclusive, of the archetype crustacean.

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

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 Charles Darwin

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 Charles Darwin

Mouth-parts: a collective name including labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium and appendages = trophi.

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