the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx
Word origin
[1820–30; ‹ NL trophī ‹ Gk trophoí, pl. of trophós feeder, nurse, akin to tréphein to nourish]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blouse, insider, morphology, phonetic, takeoff
Examples of 'trophi' in a sentence
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In addition, geometric morphometric analyses of trophi did not show significant variation among cryptic species.
Azar Kordbacheh, Robert L. Wallace, Elizabeth J. Walsh 2018, 'Evidence supporting cryptic species within two sessile microinvertebrates, Limniasmelicerta and L. ceratophylli (Rotifera, Gnesiotrocha)', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0205203. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)