haustellate

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adjective

Having a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.

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Meanings

adjectivehaustellate (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyHaving a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.
nounhaustellate (plural haustellates)

plural haustellates

  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 .

    1853, John George Wood, Bees, page 19

Origin

See Haustellata.

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APA

haustellate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haustellate

MLA

“haustellate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haustellate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haustellate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haustellate.

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