metastoma
English
Alternative forms
- metastome
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “behind”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).
Noun
metastoma (plural metastomas or metastomata)
- (zoology) A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 metastoma in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- metaatoms