cibarium
UK/sɪˈbɛə.ɹi.əm/US/sɪˈbɛ.ɹi.əm/
cibarium noun: a pouchy space in front of the mouth cavity of some insects, used to store and chew food.
Noun
cibarium (plural cibaria or cibariums)
- A pouchy space in front of the mouth cavity of some insects, used to store and chew food.
- The cibarial element is developed by the cells of the enlarged posterior portion of the cibarium and it fits snugly in position just anterior to the pharyngeal opening (Figure 58A)-1949, Microentomology
- The drawing of the cibarium accompanying the original description shows very delicate teeth, and it seems possible that apparent differences in the cibaria of the two forms are largely due to methods of staining and mounting.1962, Journal of Entomology: Taxonomy. Series B.
Forms of cibarium
| plural | cibaria |
|---|---|
| plural | cibariums |
Words formed from cibarium
Words that rhyme with cibarium
- columbarium
- tepidarium
- caldarium
- sacrarium
- -arium
- herbarium
- necessarium
- ocularium
- samarium
- vestiarium
- acarinarium
- allylsamarium
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- antiquarium
- aquaterrarium
- argentarium
- armamentarium
- ascidiarium
- avicularium
- balsamarium
- bullarium
- bunarium
- calendarium
- calidarium
- calvarium
- canarium
- chilarium
- cinerarium
- clavicularium
- cochlearium
- collectarium
- collunarium
- cometarium
- conarium
- demecarium
- dibarium
- disamarium
- disciplinarium
- dissepimentarium
- emissarium
- evangelarium
- formicarium
- frigidarium
- fusarium
- gerbilarium
- germarium
- glaciarium
- glirarium
- gnathochilarium
- herpetarium
- hexabarium
- imaginarium
- insectarium
- Intermarium
- intracalvarium
- itinerarium
- juvenarium
- lactarium
- lararium
- larvarium
- leprosarium
Questions about cibarium
- What does cibarium mean?
- Cibarium means a pouchy space in front of the mouth cavity of some insects, used to store and chew food.
- What part of speech is cibarium?
- Cibarium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cibarium?
- Cibarium is pronounced /sɪˈbɛə.ɹi.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cibarium?
- The plural of cibarium is cibaria.
Words near cibarium in the dictionary
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