hypostome
hypostome noun: any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular.
Noun
hypostome (plural hypostomes)
- Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular
- This mode of attachment and support of the hypostome in proparian trilobites is also shown by Öpik's work (1938, and references) and by Whittington (1941b, p. 514-517) and Evitt and Whittington (1953).1953, H. B. Whittington, W. R. Evitt, Memoir 59: Silicified Middle Ordovician Trilobites, Geological Society of America, page 20
- As a result or these interactions, the presence of a hypostome inhibits the formation of another hypostome nearby. Removal of the hypostome causes the level of inhibition to fall; regeneration of it restores this level (Webster, 1966).2012, Georgia E. Lesh-Laurie, Chapter 5. Expression and Maintenance of Organismic Polarity, Allison L. Burnett (editor), Biology of Hydra, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (Academic Press), pages 160-161
- The ventral mouthpart plate in trilobites;
- The barbed attachment structure associated with the mouthparts of parasitic arachnids (e.g. ticks);
- The oral tip surrounded by tentacles in hydrozoan cnidarians.
hypostome meaning in Tamil
hypostome in Tamil
- வாய்க்கீழ், ஹைப்போஸ்ட்டோம்
Examples of hypostome in a sentence
- The polyps of the two observed populations of Alatina cf. moseri showed no distinct differences.[…]The body of the polyp is divided into three parts: the hypostome, the calyx and a stalk region.2020, Fatma El-Bawab, Invertebrate Embryology and Reproduction, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 251:
- Figure 7.4 Argas persicus^([fowl tick])[…](b) Hypostome of larval stage.2022, Alan Gunn, Sarah J. Pitt, Parasitology: An Integrated Approach, 2nd edition, Wiley, page 191:
Synonyms of hypostome
Forms of hypostome
| plural | hypostomes |
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Origin of hypostome
From hypo- + -stome.
Words formed from hypostome
Questions about hypostome
- What does hypostome mean?
- Hypostome means any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular.
- What is hypostome in Tamil?
- Hypostome in Tamil is வாய்க்கீழ், ஹைப்போஸ்ட்டோம். See Hypostome meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use hypostome in a sentence?
- The polyps of the two observed populations of Alatina cf. moseri showed no distinct differences.[…]The body of the polyp is divided into three parts: the hypostome, the calyx and a stalk region.
- What part of speech is hypostome?
- Hypostome is a noun.
- What is the plural of hypostome?
- The plural of hypostome is hypostomes.
Words near hypostome in the dictionary
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