- ep|i|stome
- ep|i|stome «EHP uh stohm», noun.Zoology. any part, region, or organ lying upon or before the mouth, such as the prostomium of polyzoans or the clypeus of insects.
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-stome — ⇒ STOME, STOMIE, élém. formants I. stome A. Élém. empr. au gr. (de « bouche ») « à bouche, orifice buccal, ventouse, ouverture (caractérisés par le 1er élém.) » (d apr. COTTEZ 1982); les mots constr. sont des adj., le plus souvent en empl. subst … Encyclopédie Universelle
-stome — [stōm] [< Gr stoma, mouth: see STOMA] combining form forming nouns mouth or mouthlike opening [cyclostome] … English World dictionary
stome — tany·stome; tel·eo·stome; toco·stome; cy·clo·stome; deu·ter·o·stome; hy·po·stome; mono·stome; phy·so·stome; pla·gi·o·stome; poly·stome; pro·to·stome; se·mae·o·stome; am·phi·stome; cryp·to·stome; cteno·stome; di·stome; ox·y·stome; rhi·zo·stome;… … English syllables
-stome — ˌstōm noun combining form ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin stoma : mouth : opening resembling or functioning as a mouth cytostome … Useful english dictionary
-stome — a combining form meaning organism having a mouth or mouthlike organ (cyclostome), mouthlike organ (cytostome), as specified by the initial element. Cf. stomous, stomy. [comb. form repr. Gk stóma mouth, and stómion little mouth] * * * … Universalium
stome — amblystome ankylostome cyclostome distome physostome péristome rhizostome … Dictionnaire des rimes
-stome — aff. a combining form meaning “organism having a mouth or mouthlike organ” of the kind specified (cyclostome), “mouthlike organ” (peristome) • Etymology: comb. form repr. Gk stóma mouth … From formal English to slang
-stome — a word element referring to the mouth, as in cyclostome. {combining form representing (1) Greek stoma mouth, (2) Greek stomion little mouth} …
cy|clo|stome — «SY kluh stohm, SIHK luh », noun, adjective. –n. any animal of a class of slender, snakelike fishes, having a round, sucking mouth and no jaws. Lampreys and hagfishes belong to this class. –adj. of or belonging to this class. ╂[< cyclo + Greek … Useful english dictionary
cy|to|stome — «SY tuh stohm», noun. the mouth of a cell, leading into the cytopharynx in protozoans … Useful english dictionary
en|do|stome — «EHN duh stohm», noun. Botany. 1. the opening at the apex of the inner coat of the ovule. 2. the inner peristome of mosses … Useful english dictionary
