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plagiostomy

plagiostomy noun: an adaptation in which the mouth is diminished, firmly closed, and located on the ventral side protected deeply within a carapace.

Noun

plagiostomy

  1. An adaptation in which the mouth is diminished, firmly closed, and located on the ventral side protected deeply within a carapace.
    • From its original subcerebral position (orthognathism) it shifts into a precerebral position (proguathism). That in connection with this rotation plagiostomy changes into teleostomy we will pass over in silence, although this phenomenon would give amble scope for interesting observations.1922, Proceedings of the Section of Sciences - Volume 25, page 375
    • They are comparatively large, without outgrowths, of a rounded shape, with a flattened ventral surface and cryptostomy or plagiostomy with a lip.1991, Biology Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, page 279

Origin of plagiostomy

From plagio- + stoma + -y.

Questions about plagiostomy

What does plagiostomy mean?
Plagiostomy means an adaptation in which the mouth is diminished, firmly closed, and located on the ventral side protected deeply within a carapace.
What part of speech is plagiostomy?
Plagiostomy is a noun.

Words near plagiostomy in the dictionary

  1. plagioseres
  2. plagiostomatous
  3. plagiostome
  4. plagiostomes
  5. plagiostomous
  6. plagiostomy
  7. plagiotrophic
  8. plagiotrophy
  9. plagiotropic
  10. plagiotropically
  11. plagiotropism

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