trophorhinium

trophorhinium
n. [Gr. trophe, food; rhine, rasp]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Hymenoptera, two striated plates located within the mouth of Myrmeciinae larvae that grind their food pellets.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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