metastoma

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.
  2. A ventral single plate located in the opisthosoma of some non-arachnid chelicerates in the extinct genus Houia which is involved in feeding and manipulating food.
  3. A structure found in some mosses and liverworts that covers the mouth of the capsule from which spores are released.

词形变化

metastomas plural metastomata plural metastome alternative

词汇关系

相关词
endostoma pleurostoma

词源

From meta- (“behind”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).
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