Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tanystomata

Tanystomata , noun, plural

[New Latin, from Greek {not transcribed} to stretch + {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, mouth.]

(Zoology) A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.