Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haustellate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: haustel-late
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.

noun

A haustellate insect.

Example Sentences

"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 ."

Etymology

See Haustellata.

Inflected Forms

haustellates (plural)

Questions

What does haustellate mean?: Having a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.
Where does haustellate come from?: See Haustellata.

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