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cibarian, a.|sɪˈbɛərɪən|
[f. L. cibāri-us, f. cibus food + -an.]
1. Of or pertaining to food. rare. † cibarian bread, transl. of L. cibarius panis.
1623Cockeram, Cibarian bread, browne bread. 1839Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. 202 To convey an accurate idea of these cibarian instruments..is..impossible.
2. Ent. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by the structure of the mouthparts; usually in cibarian system, a system of classification, attributed to Fabricius, according to which the Arthropoda were arranged with reference to the character of the trophi. Also ciˈbarial a.
1839Westwood Introd. Mod. Classif. Insects I. 21 The partial success with which the employment of the variation of the mouth was attended, probably induced Fabricius to construct his Cibarian system, founded upon the characters of the Trophi alone. 1937Wilson & Doner Hist. Dev. Insect Classif. v. 50/2 Fabricius' system, based exclusively on the mouthparts, or ‘Instrumenta Cibaria’ as he called them, and which came to be known as the ‘Cibarian’ or ‘Maxillary System’, first appeared in 1775 in his ‘Systema Entomologiae’. 1970Nature 26 Dec. 1337/1 In tsetse flies and other Diptera, food is sucked into the gut by the action of cibarial dilator muscles. |