ballonets

ballonets
n. pl. [OHG. balla, a spherical body]
(NEMATODA: Secernentea)
Four inflated areas in the cephalic region, immediately posterior to the lips, that form a collarette in Gnathostomatidae; head bulb of some authors.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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