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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024haus•tel•lum (hô stel′əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. haus•tel•la (hô stel′ə).USA pronunciation - Zoology(in certain crustaceans and insects) an organ or part of the proboscis adapted for sucking blood or plant juices.
- Neo-Latin, diminutive of Latin haustrum scoop on a water wheel, equivalent. to haus-, variant stem of haurīre to scoop up, draw + -trum suffix of instrument; for formation, see castellum
- 1810–20
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