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camerostome

camerostome noun: a ventral depression of the anterior cephalothorax of soft ticks that contains their mouth parts.

Noun

camerostome (plural camerostomes)

  1. A ventral depression of the anterior cephalothorax of soft ticks that contains their mouth parts

Forms of camerostome

pluralcamerostomes

Origin of camerostome

From Latin camera (“chamber, vault”) + -stome.

Questions about camerostome

What does camerostome mean?
Camerostome means a ventral depression of the anterior cephalothorax of soft ticks that contains their mouth parts.
What part of speech is camerostome?
Camerostome is a noun.
What is the plural of camerostome?
The plural of camerostome is camerostomes.

Words near camerostome in the dictionary

  1. Cameroonian Pidgin English
  2. Cameroonianness
  3. Cameroonians
  4. Cameroons
  5. Cameros
  6. camerostome
  7. camerostomes
  8. Cameroun
  9. Camerton
  10. cameræ
  11. cames

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