Ent. [L. antlia, an instrument for drawing up water, a. Gr. ἀντλία bilge-water, ἀντλίον a bucket.] The proboscis or haustellum of insects, with which they suck up juices.
1828. Kirby & Spence, Entomol., xliii. IV. 98. Extraordinary … irritability is exhibited by the antlia.
1869. Nicholson, Zool., 211. These maxillæ adhere together by their inner surfaces, and thus form a spiral ‘trunk,’ or ‘antlia.’
