Haustellata

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Haustellata \Haus`tel*la"ta\ (h[add]s`t[e^]l*l[=a]"t[.a]), n.
     pl. [NL., fr. haustellum, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to draw
     water, to swallow. See {Exhaust}.] (Zool.)
     An artificial division of insects, including all those with a
     sucking proboscis.
     [1913 Webster]