单词 | spiritrompe |
释义 | † spiritrompen. Entomology. Obsolete. The spiral tubular proboscis or tongue of butterflies and moths; = antlia n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > head > mouth-parts or trophi > proboscis nib1585 beak1658 promuscis1658 proboscisa1660 trunk1661 probe1664 trump1752 antlia1826 siphuncle1826 spiritrompe1831 1831 H. McMurtrie tr. P. A. Latreille in G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom III. 5 In others that also live by suction, the Lepidoptera, the maxillæ alone are greatly elongated and united, producing a tubular setiform body, resembling a long, slender, and spiral tongue (or the spiritrompe, Lat.). 1845 Lit. Rec. & Jrnl. Linn. Assoc. Pennsylvania Coll. Dec. 27 The spiritrompe is composed of two threads more or less long, horny, concave upon their internal surfaces. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 156 As the only food consists of the liquid nectar of flowers the organs of the mouth are reduced and modified, the only conspicuous parts being the spiritrompe or antliae, the homologues of the galeae in biting mouths. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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