protostoma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of blastopore.
  2. In nematodes, a particular division of the stoma (mouthlike opening).

Word forms

protostoma protostomata

Etymology

From proto- + Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

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