ceratuba

ceratuba
n.; pl. -tubae [L. cera, wax; tuba, trumpet]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Hemiptera, the terminal outlet of certain wax glands of scale insects, variable in shape and size.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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