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holostomes

holostomes is the plural of holostome.

Meaning of holostome

Noun

holostome (plural holostomes)

  1. An adult digenetic trematode with a portion of its ventral surface modified to be a complex adhesive organ.
  2. (obsolete) Any of the former division Holostomata of gastropods.
  3. (obsolete) Any of the suborder Helostomi of eel-like fish.

Questions about holostomes

What is holostomes the plural of?
Holostomes is the plural of holostome.

Words near holostomes in the dictionary

  1. holosteians
  2. holosteric
  3. holostomate
  4. holostomatous
  5. holostome
  6. holostomes
  7. holostratigraphy
  8. holostratotype
  9. holostratotypes
  10. holosymbiont
  11. holosymbionts

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