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cultellus Ent.|kʌlˈtɛləs|
Pl. cultelli |-aɪ|.
[L., dim. of culter knife.]
Each of the lancet-like mandibles of blood-sucking Diptera.
1899D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. vii. 443 Cultelli (mandibles of other anatomists). 1937J. R. de la Torre-Bueno Gloss. Ent. 70 Cultellus (pl., cultelli), one of the blade-like lancets in piercing flies; the mandibles of some authors. |