English Explanatory Dictionary

pseudostome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The oral opening on the pseudembryo of an echinoderm.
  2. A false osculum or secondary opening which replaces the original osculum of a sponge.
  3. A false opening that resembles a stoma but without any true aperture.
  4. A North American rodent, Geomys bursarius.

Word forms

pseudostome pseudostomes

Etymology

From pseudo- + -stome.

Synonyms

pseudoproct pseudoscule pseudostoma plains pocket gopher pouched rat pocket gopher
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