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stegostom

stegostom noun: the posterior (innermost) portion of the stoma (oral cavity) of a nematode.

Noun

stegostom

  1. The posterior (innermost) portion of the stoma (oral cavity) of a nematode.
    • Stoma tubular or funnel-shaped, with small cheilo- and gymnostom and developed stegostom, the latter with distinct or minute dorsal denticle and often with additional smaller denticles.2006, E. Abebe, István Andrássy, W. Truanspurger, Freshwater Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy, page 731
    • Free-living nematodes, especially of the order Rhabditida, have a stoma composed of three circular, ring-like cuticularized structures: cheilostom, gymnostom, and stegostom.2017, Qi Li, Wenju Liang, Xiaoke Zhang, Soil Nematodes of Grasslands in Northern China, page 53

Words formed from stegostom

Questions about stegostom

What does stegostom mean?
Stegostom means the posterior (innermost) portion of the stoma (oral cavity) of a nematode.
What part of speech is stegostom?
Stegostom is a noun.

Words near stegostom in the dictionary

  1. stegosaurs
  2. stegosaurus
  3. stegosaurus-like
  4. stegosauruses
  5. stegosauruslike
  6. stegostom
  7. stegostomatal
  8. stegotext
  9. stegs
  10. stegural
  11. stegurals

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