English Explanatory Dictionary

holostome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An adult digenetic trematode with a portion of its ventral surface modified to be a complex adhesive organ.
  2. Any of the former division Holostomata of gastropods.
  3. Any of the suborder Helostomi of eel-like fish.

Word forms

holostome holostomes

Etymology

From holo- (“whole”) + -stome (“mouth”).

Related words

holostomatous †Holostoma Holostomidae Holostomis Holostemma

Derived words

holostome sedge
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on H Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary