— antliate /ant"lee ayt'/ , adj.
/ant"lee euh/ , n., gen. Antliae /-lee ee'/ for 1, pl. Antliae /-lee ee'/ for 2.
1. Astron. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
2. ( l.c. ) Entomol. the proboscis of a lepidopterous insect.
[ antlia pump, machine for drawing water antlía bilgewater, a ship's hold, equiv. to ántl ( os ) the hold (of a ship), bilge water + -ia -IA ]