HAUSTELLUM

(Lat.), n. n. Ha4st(ha3-u4st)-e;'riu3m(lu4m). From haurire, to drink up. Fr., haustelle. 1. The proboscis of insects. 2. Of Klein, see MUREX. 3. In the pi., haustella (Fr., haustelle, haunt ellen), a family of Diptera having a prominent proboscis; also a division of winged or apterous insects having the mouth in the form of a proboscis. [L, 41, 208 (a, 21).] [s. 290]