holostome

English

Etymology

holo- (“whole”) +‎ -stome (“mouth”)

Noun

holostome (plural holostomes)

  1. An adult digenetic trematode with a portion of its ventral surface modified to be a complex adhesive organ.
  2. (conchology, obsolete) Any of the division Holostomata of gastropods.
  3. (ichthyology, obsolete) Any of the suborder Helostomi of eel-like fish.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “holostome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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References
  • “holostome”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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