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epistome

epistome noun: a mouth-covering lobe or ridge in bryozoans and phoronids.

Noun

epistome (plural epistomes)

  1. a mouth-covering lobe or ridge in bryozoans and phoronids
  2. a plate in front of the mouth of some types of crustacean

epistome meaning in Tamil

epistome in Tamil

வாய்முகடு

Forms of epistome

pluralepistomes
alternative formepistoma

Origin of epistome

New Latin epistoma, corresponding to epi- + -stome.

Words formed from epistome

Questions about epistome

What does epistome mean?
Epistome means a mouth-covering lobe or ridge in bryozoans and phoronids.
What is epistome in Tamil?
Epistome in Tamil is வாய்முகடு. See Epistome meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is epistome?
Epistome is a noun.
What is the plural of epistome?
The plural of epistome is epistomes.

Words near epistome in the dictionary

  1. epistolophobia
  2. epistoma
  3. epistomal
  4. epistomas
  5. epistomatic
  6. epistome
  7. epistomes
  8. epistopic
  9. epistopics
  10. epistratum
  11. epistrophe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epistome (page history and authors); epistome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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