A portion of the proboscis that is adapted as a sucking organ in many insects.
[New Latin, diminutive of Latin haustrum, scoop on a water wheel, from haurīre, to draw up.]
haustellate haus·tel'late (hô-stĕl'ĭt, hô'stə-lāt') adj.
haustellum
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