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Webster 1913 Edition

Haustellata

‖

Hausˊtel-la′ta

(ha̤sˊtĕl-lā′tȧ)

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr.

haustellum

, fr. L.

haurire

,

haustum

, to draw water, to swallow. See

.]

(Zool.)

An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis.