syringium

syringium
n. [Gr. syrinx, pipe]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
1. The salivary pump in Hemiptera.
2. An organ for ejecting disagreeable fluids in some insect larvae.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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