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gymnostoms

gymnostoms is the plural of gymnostom.

Meaning of gymnostom

Noun

gymnostom (plural gymnostoms)

  1. A "naked" stoma, one without a peristome.
    • Anterior part of the stoma (Cheilostom) cuticularized; gymnostom together with prostegostom and mesostegostom forming main part of the stoma, cylinder-like and slightly funnel-shaped; metastegostom ridges present, but lacking teeth or denticles; telostegostom short (Fig 2D and 2E).2015 December 17, “Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Phasmarhabditis huizhouensis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a New Rhabditid Nematode from South China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about gymnostoms

What is gymnostoms the plural of?
Gymnostoms is the plural of gymnostom.

Words near gymnostoms in the dictionary

  1. gymnospore
  2. gymnospores
  3. gymnosporous
  4. gymnostom
  5. gymnostomous
  6. gymnostoms
  7. gymnote
  8. gymnotes
  9. gymnotic
  10. gymnotid
  11. gymnotids

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