holostomatous

English

Etymology

holo- +‎ stomatous

Adjective

holostomatous (not comparable)

(zoology, said of many shells) Having an entire aperture not interrupted the siphonal canal, notch, or by any other extension
holostomatous shell

holostomatous mollusc

References

“holostomatous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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