haustellate

adj 1noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

Having a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.

noun

1

A haustellate insect.

Bees form part of that section of insects called mandibulate insects, i.e., insects which eat with jaws, in contradistinction to the haustellates, or insects which suck up liquid food through a trunk .

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