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hypostomes

hypostomes is the plural of hypostome.

Meaning of hypostome

Noun

hypostome (plural hypostomes)

  1. 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
  2. The ventral mouthpart plate in trilobites;
  3. The barbed attachment structure associated with the mouthparts of parasitic arachnids (e.g. ticks);
  4. The oral tip surrounded by tentacles in hydrozoan cnidarians.

Questions about hypostomes

What is hypostomes the plural of?
Hypostomes is the plural of hypostome.

Words near hypostomes in the dictionary

  1. hypostomal
  2. hypostomata
  3. hypostomatic
  4. hypostomatous
  5. hypostome
  6. hypostomes
  7. hypostomial
  8. hypostomium
  9. hypostratotype
  10. hypostratotypes
  11. hypostress

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