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haustellum

noun as in proboscis

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Haustellum, haws-tel′um, n. the sucking organ or proboscis of an insect or a crustacean:—pl.

The Asili also, which are always upon the chase, seize insects with their anterior legs and suck them with their haustellum.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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