English Explanatory Dictionary

hypostome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular
  2. Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular:
  3. The ventral mouthpart plate in trilobites;
  4. The barbed attachment structure associated with the mouthparts of parasitic arachnids (e.g. ticks);
  5. The oral tip surrounded by tentacles in hydrozoan cnidarians.

Word forms

hypostome hypostomes

Etymology

From hypo- + -stome.

Synonyms

hypostoma

Derived words

hypostomal hypostomial

Translations

Irish: hipeastóm
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