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trophi
[ troh-fee ]
plural noun
, Entomology.
- the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trophi1
1820–30; < New Latin trophī < Greek trophoí, plural of trophós feeder, nurse, akin to tréphein to nourish
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Example Sentences
The trophi serve merely for the prehension of prey, and not for mastication.
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I compared the cirri and trophi with those of a common variety, and could detect not the smallest difference.
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The muscles of the several trophi have transverse stri, and are the strongest and most conspicuous of any in the body.
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When an imperfect mouth has all the Trophi but the Mandibul.
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When the mouth wants any of the Trophi, or they exist in it only as rudiments.
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