Epistome Definition

noun

(zoology) A mouth-covering lobe or ridge in bryozoans and phoronids.

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A plate in front of the mouth of some types of crustacean.

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Other Word Forms of Epistome

Noun

Singular:
epistome
Plural:
epistomes

Origin of Epistome

  • New Latin epistoma, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epi, “on, upon, over”) + στόμα (stoma, “mouth”).

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Epistome Sentence Examples

  • Mouth guarded by an epistome.

  • A general nerve-plexus probably exists over considerable parts of the skin, and there are special nervous concentrations in the region of the epistome and along a double crescent (N) which follows the parietal attachment of the coelomic septum.

  • The part which lies at the base of the epistome is morphologically dorsal in position.

  • The epistome of the adult Phoronis cannot well be the proboscis since its cavity is continuous with the lophophoral coelom, and because the praeoral hood of Actinotrocha is entirely lost at the metamorphosis.

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Words Starting With

EEPEPI

Words Ending With

EMEOME

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Words Starting With E and Ending With E

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With E8 Letter Words Ending With E